Is Boredom A Good Reason For Divorce?

A good friend and regular reader of The Spinsterlicious Life sent me an article (Thanks, Candice) about the growing number of women who are leaving their marriages because they are "bored".  That's right.  According to the article (that I've re-titled Boredom-Driven Divorce), adultery and money issues are no longer the major reason for divorce; "growing apart" is...a euphemism for "I need something different".

These boredom-driven divorces are usually initiated by women...who are, apparently, married to perfectly decent husbands...who they don't dislike...but with whom they are finding their married life unbearingly dull.

As one woman put it, "I just wanted to change my life"...so she did.  She left.  One expert says this is a manifestation of how narcissistic we've all become.  Another says it's just an example of women taking back their power and refusing to "put up or shut up" like women historically may have.  Both explanations might be true, but I'm leaning more toward the latter.

It's interesting, though.  Bored married men just cheat on their wives; bored married women leave.  I have to admit, this reaffirms my fear about marriage.  I always assumed I'd be bored to death looking at the same guy for the rest of my life, so I just didn't bother.  I always remember a line from a Chris Rock joke:  you got two choices:  single and lonely -or married and bored.

But what do you think?  Is being bored enough of a good reason to get a divorce?  What if children are involved?  (Leaving is probably better than murder, huh?)




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