From driftglass:
Short answer: No.
Because if one spouse is hiding in the bathroom trying to defend the kids, and the other spouse is a MAGA Hat psycho who is gleefully coming after you with an ax, the marriage is over.
Longtime readers know that Mr. David Brooks The New York Times has a long-established habit using his column to to subtweet about the state of his marriage in the guise of of as shitty, ill-fitting metaphors about “relationships”. From me back in 2014:
At this point, guessing at “Why?” is a reflex, so of all the subjects available in the world, I had to ask myself why is Mr. Brooks — whose bread-and-butter has been pumping out horrid tripe about Fake Centrism, the sins of imaginary hippies and the merits of various crackpot Conservative economic schemes and military adventures — suddenly writing about grief and loss?
And if I had to guess, I’d guess because Mr. Brooks is currently going through a divorce, and that experience permeates everything.