In almost every case of divorce I've witnessed, Person A works tirelessly to maintain a marriage with Person B, who is more ambivalent about staying the course.
Person A inevitably grows exhausted and bitter -- and then takes decisive action to close out the marriage. Inevitably, Person B only then has an epiphany about what he or she is losing. Person B begs for a second chance, only to hear from Person A that there is no love left to share.
At one level, the divorce is Person A's vengeance against the half-heartedness of Person B. The irony is that if Person A had mirrored Person B's ambivalence instead of trying so fiercely to keep the marriage together, they might have managed to stay together.
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