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Companionate Divorce
Hays, Arthur Garfield | April 10, 1929 issue

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The article talks about divorce. Shocking as it may be, occasion arises where a husband and wife agree that they are mismated. Before they conclude to do anything about it, they run the gauntlet of fear and indecision inspired by the church and convention. Common social and economic interests and children concern them. Habit and the mechanics of life are a deterrent to their separation. The author says he has known persons who continued together because they had a long-term lease on an apartment. Thus, even in this modern age where divorce does not necessarily stamp one as "unrespectable," marital relations are not often broken thoughtlessly or with frantic haste.

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HUSBAND & wife; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC relations; ECONOMICS -- Sociological aspects; MANNERS & customs; COUPLES
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