It’s becoming easier to get divorced.

While the divorce rate of the U.S. has been fallen to the lowest level since 1970 due to economic crisis, the procedure for divorce in MD will be simplified after October 1, 2011. Until the present, a husband and a wife have had to submit documents or proof showing that both of the couple have agree to be voluntary separated from each other for at least one year in order to get divorced. If anyone of the couple did not agree with the separation from their spouse, they have had to wait for extra one year to be able to file their Complaint for Divorce. However, in few days, couples in MD who are about to get divorced could have the procedure done after one year of separation either it was voluntary or not. Obviously, there seems to be no notable increase of divorce rate sometime soon thanks to national financial recession; still, it is easy to predict that it will affect the rate anyways.

In fact, the divorce has been a social hot potato in modern society. It is already rampant in our society, and thus people are becoming tolerant to it; even, sometimes it feels natural. However, it may be still doubted whether it brings improved human rights. Although people supporting this law are saying that if they have decided to break up, it will be better for the couples to not waste time. Nevertheless, it is a totally different story if one of the couple is strongly depending on the other. The one can be not ready for making money yet, and they could still need benefits of social security like health insurance from the spouse. Then, it is simply critical.

Without these pros and cons debates, is this society, that is getting senseless to such social pain, really okay? Privately, I am also from a single parent family. I look the same as other friends physically. It is of course because I am eating the same food, do the same activities, and attending the same school, so people do not notice my history unless I talk to them. However, I am realizing more and more about my mental status, and it is not really happy. There are something distorted and lost. Therefore, I hope that many people who are about to get divorced should be concerned about their children’s lives, and they should realize their divorce will largely affect to their children psychologically. It nobody or nothing cannot help the relationship getting better, they should take special care of their children so that they grow up with healthy minds.