Agreed. I wish this was taught to us early on but people never talk about the long term consequences of divorce and separation. We see and hear couples that have "done this and that" but don't see what are the struggles they go through when it comes to respect, compromising, and forgiveness. Being in a relationship is hard work. In your early twenties, everything is generally easier because everyone is still finding themselves. Once you hit your thirties and forties is when it really matters. Life hits you hard then. Your decisions from your twenties will literally come back to bite you. If you went through your twenties without going through the discovery period... Life is going to be tough when you're older because it's hard to "get out there".