Again, it would be so much easier just to agree with you, but...
empathy also demands that I understand that something unhealthy existed in the marriage if one partner is chosing to leave the marriage. It may be only that they needed to grow and felt they couldn't do it in the marriage anymore. It's hard to be specific and empathetic about a general case
True, but not necessarily. It is just as likely that something unhealthy exists in the WAW, not the marriage.