"I was fascinated by the idea of divorce," Horgan says.
Sometimes one wonders if they and their supporters actually accept the idea of divorce at all.
Although Boland is very agreeable to letting his wife leave him, he does not like the idea of divorce.
Rightly or wrongly, most English seem to believe that Quee Mary, brought up in a strict Victorian court, held out rigidly against the idea of divorce.
"You become desensitized to the idea of divorce," she said.
A century ago, he said, the church, uncomfortable with the idea of divorce, tried to respond by simply ordering the faithful to stay married.
Thanks to longer lifespans, shifting attitudes and diminishing stigma around the idea of divorce, older adults are splitting up more than ever.
On the latest episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" (Sun., 9 p.m. ET on E!), Kris Jenner found herself mulling over the idea of divorce.
The first time the idea of divorce actually perplexed me was when a couple whose wedding I had attended as a child got a divorce less than five years later.
Franklin's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, was adamant against the idea of divorce, however, as it would mark the end of Franklin's political career; she stated that she would cut him off from the family fortune if he chose to do so.
