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End Of Summer, End Of Marriage
Sweden mirrors U.S. in late-summer divorces
A few weeks ago, I saw a story that said the end of the summer usually sees a rash of divorces.
People want to take their summer vacations and get their kids off to school for the year before they pull the plug on their marriage. It seems the population of Sweden is thinking the same thing.
According to a Swedish news organization, 1,400 couples in Stockholm filed for divorce between July 1 and Sept. 7, 15% more than last year.
I poked fun a while back at the idea of there being a "season" for divorce. The more I think about it, though, the more it makes sense. As a family counselor from Sweden points out, the decision to split up has probably already been made — it may just be a matter of people needing time to calmly sort out the details of what's going to happen.
From that standpoint, it's good that people take their time and consider things carefully.
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