Most modern divorces are not a consequence of domestic abuse12 – most involve a couple growing apart, falling out of love, and trying for a fresh start. But, in many of these cases, the promise of happier alternative relationships remains unfulfilled, particularly for women, who are more likely than men to remain permanently single following divorce.13 What’s more, between a third and a half of divorced people in the UK report in surveys that they regret their decision to divorce.14 There is a lot of space between ‘happy’ and ‘irreparably unhappy’. In the past, those people remained married;
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