Divorce
Legal and social changes in Britain have led to many more people choosing getting divorced over the
last three decades. The Divorce Reform Act (1969) let people to get divorced far more easily and,
despite promising staying together for life, over 160,000 couples ended up to get divorced each year
during the late 80s and early 90s, compared to just over 27,000 in 1961. Towards the end of the
twentieth century, divorce rates tended falling, then started to rise again over the first years of the
twenty-first century.
When asked what motivated them getting divorced, people usually mention things like not to feel that
the relationship was developing, or their partner making them to feel inadequate. Whatever causes
people separating, it is often the children who have to learn living in a different family setting. They
often resent to have to change their lives because the adults involved can't manage resolving their
difficulties. Divorce has got easier legally, but it hasn't got any easier emotionally.
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