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Marriage, Blame, and Growing Up in a Big Irish Family
from Carney Code · #123
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2 minContinuing the marriage discussion, Tim theorizes broke couples blame each other, then describes his grandfather's massive Long Island Thanksgiving parties with 50 guests, turkey, and family drinking culture.
- 5:03The divorce statistics are unreliable because they pool divorces from all married people, not just those married that year.
- 5:30Tim describes the current moment: two unmarried fat men debating divorce on the radio.
- 5:54Most marriages fall apart because the people in them have no idea how to run a household.
- 6:07When broke couples are scrounging around, they blame their spouse for their lot in life instead of addressing the real problems.