Ruining a possible reconciliation

[mako]

I would personally prefer to not be married if I was dating. On the other side of it, I’d prefer that a person I was dating was not married also. Especially if it was indefinite with no clear end point. I suppose this might not matter to some people but those just don’t feel right to me. That’s what the D accomplishes.

A spouse also gains certain rights. For example, I hope you have a will, have designated someone else as beneficiary on accounts, stuff like that.

When people say the process can take years, I think a lot of times the expectation is you go through the D and perhaps find them again afterward. Not 100% sure on this though.