Quote: To get M is easy, to get D is a lot harder and expensive.
I am not sure I agree with this. In Michigan, with no fault divorce it is pretty easy to just toss your family aside. There are really no consequences because no one is "at fault". Yes it is expensive but my H was able to walk away from his responsibility for $500. I, on the other hand, had to pay $1500 to be sure that he didn't just dump all the responsibility on me and walk aways making over twice as much as I do and only paying a small portion for child support for a couple of years and losing half of his 401K. The house which he hasn't taken responsibility for maintaining for probably 3+ years he was more than willing to lose and the day to day parenting just reminds him of his age, so being a parent was relinquished, too.
I am not sure we would know if they did have doubts. Their pride would not let them let anyone know if they did have doubts after the D.
Everything happens for a reason, maybe Dad needs to find that it isn't better out there, he needs to realize how good he had it here. Maybe he will find God and that is the most important thing when he finds Him he will know he is supposed to come home.
