This article is why I am NOT married! This article is why I have no intention of being married, either. If this is what I’m signing up for (and it is, since Oprah speaks for a majority of women), you can KEEP it! Meanwhile, I’ll keep my freedom, peace, sanity, and my life, thank you very much…

MarkyMark

I’m divorced. It was the most horrible experience of my life, and certainly not one I’d ever be eager to inflict upon any of my friends. Whenever I have heard that someone is getting divorced, I do not look on them wistfully or with admiration. Instead, I flash back on the horror of my husband’s infidelity, the shame of telling people where he was, the pain of explaining to my sons why he was not here.

“In a let-it-all-hang-out culture, [divorce] is the given that stays tucked in.” That is, none of her friends actually talk about wanting divorces. But they all MUST want them, so this proves that they keep it secret for some reason!

“Our mothers knew better than to ponder such questions, at least not out loud in front of God and the hairdresser.” Women of the previous generation said they wanted divorces much less often than this generation. That proves they were intimidated into silence!

“When a woman tells me that her husband is her best friend, what I hear is: I don’t really have any friends.” Many women say that they are very happy about their marriages. Of course that is impossible, so these women must be lying or having delusions!

Etc. Half the article (the quoted part above, anyway) consists of citing evidence that contradicts her thesis that all marriages are unhappy, and then dismissing it as impossible.

It makes you wonder who it is who is really delusional.

I come away from this article thinking, This woman is obviously insane, but the fact that she has to explain away so many happy marriages gives me hope for the present and future of marriage in America.

Oh, by the way, her ramblings about there still being a chance of finding a better marriage despite the fact that she’s getting older: Lady, age is not your problem. I’ve met many pleasant, beautiful, and fun women in their 50s and 60s. I think the main problem you will face in finding another man is that you WROTE THIS ARTICLE. Hope that he doesn’t google your name before the first date.

I appreciate your good will here, but you are wrong. This woman is highly representative of modern American women. This is why an entertainer who makes her living by appealing to as many women as possible–and who is obviously very good at forming judgments as to what is likely to appeal to a good many women–feels perfectly comfortable in advancing this for her audience’s attention.

She is not just some bitch ruining things for women or some stray malcontent. She is giving the majority view, the party line, the common view.

Fortunately for the men of the generation behind me, they are beginning to see this and, so, not get married. I strongly advise, as both an attorney and a man, any man who reads this to never, ever get married.

All you will get for your pains is financial ruin and mockery.

Let the modern American bitch find something else to moan about.

I am not a cursing sort, but … grrrrrr! The more I think about it the angrier I get.

OK, I need to calm down. I am going to email my husband what I think of him, plan what I am going to cook for dinner, and how I am going to reward him afterwards for being so great he makes me crazy.

It must be hard to understand that fairy tales are possible when you have locked yourself into a gosh-darned Greek tragedy.

If Mr. Ellen has been married to this harridan for so many years this article is probably no surprise. If he really wants to spotlight how small this woman is he should write an article explaining why he loves her and wants to be with her as their health fades.