Indeed, the extent to which marriages are falling apart has reached epidemic proportions. No wonder many marriage experts rank "the divorce tide" right up there with depression as the two most serious problems of post-industrial life.
婚姻大規模解體的程度，已經近乎一種文明流行病，無怪乎許多婚姻專家將「離婚潮」和「憂鬱症」並稱為兩大世紀瘟疫。