I was once given a "lecture" by my xMIL about how D is such a good and beneficial "godsend" (her words), because in the "bad ole' days" husbands could cheat all they wanted and women could do nothing but be treated like "property". And she said that if a wife cheated she could be "killed" and no one would do anything about it. So now it was all "fair" because women could file for D and take the H to the cleaners if he didn't make her happy. (She asserts that it is the job of a H to make sure his W is always happy and taken care of. No reciprocation necessary on her part should be necessary. Otherwise, if she is not "happy" then the W should definitely end the M.)
She was referring to the 1950's and earlier.
Yes, she is insanely self-serving and demented. And yes, I now cannot fathom how on earth I could have ever been M'ed to one of her offspring.
As crazy as people like her are, I sense by our legal system that there are far too many people out there of a similar bent.
