Divorce Assumption:
A form of Safety Net-ism, the belief that if a marriage
doesn't work out, then there is no problem because partners can simply
seek a divorce.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
A form of Safety Net-ism, the belief that if a marriage
doesn't work out, then there is no problem because partners can simply
seek a divorce.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Safety net-ism:
The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional
safety net to buffer life's hurts.
Usually parents. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Cryptotechnophobia:
The secret belief that technology is more of a menace than a
boon.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Voter's Block:
The attempt, however futile, to register dissent with the
current political system by simply not voting.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Poorochondria:
Hypochondria derived form not having medical insurance.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Diseases for Kisses (Hyperkarma):
A deeply rooted belief that punishment will somehow always be
far greater than the crime:
ozone holes for littering. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation... - QFM:
Quelle Fashion Mistake. "It was really QFM, I mean painter
pants?
That's 1979 beyond belief!" -- Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Pull-The-Plug, Slice The Pie:
A fantasy in which an offspring mentally tallies up the net
worth of his parents.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Marriage is the sole cause of
divorce... - Metaphasia:
An inability to perceive metaphor.
--
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
