Downturn 'puts strain on couples'

[T_i_B]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7768674.stm

The economic crisis is straining people's relationships and leading to a steep rise in couples seeking help, a leading counselling service has said.

Relate said it had seen calls jump from nearly 5,000 in October to November last year to more than 7,500 for the same period this year - a rise of 59%.

It said job insecurities and money worries were putting an extra strain on their callers' relationships. One divorce lawyer said she had seen an "exodus" of people from relationships.

Vanessa Lloyd Platt, a leading divorce lawyer, told the BBC that couples who were thinking of splitting may initially have been waiting for the housing market to pick up, so that when they sold their most valuable joint asset, they would not lose as much money. But Ms Lloyd Platt said now that it was clear the economic downturn was going to last, many people were deciding not to delay a divorce any longer.

[KharmaTrain]

1. As It Always Has And Will

Divorces climb during bad economic times. Call it economic cabin fever...tough times require tough choices and force people to confront problems that can easily create tension. My late mother used to say it was too easy to get married...everything is framed in "happily-ever-after" and no one is ever confronted with the other sides. Divorce attorneys are probably doing a land office business right now.

[Joe the Liberal]

2. Thats to be expected......

Couples who are more financially secure are less likely to divorce than those who are not.

[fasttense]

3. That's to be expected.

The 2 main causes of divorce are money and sex. And the Republicons have made both very difficult to get.

[Deja Q]

6. Well, at least for money...

With sex they're all talk.

And the people who do abstain, well they're only worthy of heckling.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Bush is destroying marriages now?? Who woulda thought that too??? Damn

:puke:

[w4rma]

5. The Republican Party is the political party that supports families, right? Never. Just PR. (nt)

[SeattleGirl]

7. Ya think?

Money is the Number One problem between couples, as I understand it.

[stray cat]

8. Its putting strain on anyone not independently weatlhy