re: A friend of mine is getting disowned by some family members for divorcing wife that

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Staying with a spouse while everyone is unhappy is absolutely not always the best thing for the kids.

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This is probably true. I’d advocate for ol boy doing the hard work on all of his flaws, while teaming with the wife to address hers and theirs as a couple for a long time before divorce is an option. Maybe he did that and she just wouldn’t engage, but that’s not how it comes off. Sounds like she got fat, he tried to shame her to change, that didn’t work, so he bailed.

I suspect it’s just another case of two parents too selfish to put the needs of each other and their children ahead of their own simple desires.