No more divorce, Instead you must find another married couple to swap spouses with

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Anon_168@reddit

Then I won't marry in the first place. Being single is status quo, so all I have to do is nothing. Saves all the trouble

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

It gives you spiteful motivation to make your next marriage work though.

If you get happier and better after the swap you can show your ex that he/she was the problem and not you.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

But with this you are partnered with someone so you can hate your ex as a team

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You can get together with someone else immediately after separating now. Only difference is you don't also have to pair up your ex with someone. Nobody wants to play matchmaker for their ex, let's just focus on finding someone new for ourselves maybe?

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xrelaht@reddit

People already do that.

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NotYourGa1Friday@reddit

Sounds like cheating with extra steps

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MariahJames8@reddit

The chances of both partners getting on better with a random partner is slim to none

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zippy72@reddit

Worked for Sheryl Crow though

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Victor_Korchnoi@reddit

There were two Yankees players who switched wives. Years later, one of them was happy about it.

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therealCatnuts@reddit

They switched lives. Spouses, kids, dogs, houses. Everything.

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One_Recover_673@reddit

Are we limited to the same couple? Or can we go to a farmers market or swap event where we can individually choose available formally married partners?

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

Chaining multiple swaps is fine

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One_Recover_673@reddit

Is there a penalty if I drop my wife off at the meeting with the target couple and say I’m parking the car but drive away because I just wanna be by myself?

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

If you drop a wife, you must pick up a wife. You can't go wifeless

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One_Disaster_5995@reddit

How is that supposed to help? Seems unnecessarily complicated and a recipe for disaster, as you'd have to match two couples at once.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

I think you can run multiple swaps until everyone gets who they want.

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One_Disaster_5995@reddit

OR you just break up and see if you can find a new partner without the old one looking over your shoulder.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

That's not crazy enough

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Rip_Tide222222@reddit

But there’s always going to be a few people that no one really wants

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Scrangdorber@reddit

Wife Swap was a real TV show

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Mundane-Caregiver169@reddit

That show traded in cowardly half-measures. It was temporary, nobody had to change their name, nobody ever had to move to a new country and go through the naturalization process, or learn a new language.

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DimensionMediocre439@reddit

They didn't even have sex with their new spouse.

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Altforwrestling@reddit

I know damn well at least one of the parents on those swapping spouse shows had to have tried to bang. Off camera.

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xrelaht@reddit

I only saw maybe two episodes, but I felt like they hated their new families, or maybe vice versa.

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TheEyebal@reddit

stupid idea the other partner might be abusive or difficult to work with

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crazymcfattypants@reddit

That's why it's posted in Crazy Ideas.

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TheEyebal@reddit

OH you right LOL

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Anarchistcowboy420@reddit

Sooo just an average divorce?

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I-own-a-shovel@reddit

Yeah, no. I would prefer to be alone rather than with someone I wouldn’t get along with.

Also, if the couples both have kids, wow, the mess.

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EvieSunKissed@reddit

This would fix loneliness and create ten new problems instantly.

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sillybilly8102@reddit

I’m not sure it would even fix loneliness. A lot of lonely people aren’t in marriages to begin with. And a lot of loneliness comes from lack of friendships, community, and “third places” (not home or work) to hang out

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SquareVehicle@reddit

I wouldn't wish my ex wife on anyone. Some people just need to be single.

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shrivvette808@reddit

They do this in rural locations.

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Claud6568@reddit

I’ve been saying this forever that people should go live another persons life for a month or two. Would give huge perspective. Not only for marriage but lifestyle, career, everything. Why isn’t there a reality show for this?? Yes I know about wife swap. But what about LIFE swap??

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maddog2271@reddit

This somehow reminds me of the old saying that most of us would like to get rid of our problems, but if everyone could put their problems on the table and show them to other people, most people would keep their own problems. Like for example a number of my wife‘s female friends have gotten divorced and while they are all nice women and attractive enough, I know enough about them that I would never ever ever want to be married to them.

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25sittinon25cents@reddit

Congrats, you've just exponentially increased the popularity of swinger lifestyle.

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FinancialElephant@reddit (OP)

Swinging is just having an orgy with other married people.

This is the transferal of your marriage contract to a new holder by trading spouses.

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25sittinon25cents@reddit

And what's to stop people from continuously abusing the system by divorcing I e. Wanting to continue trading out old wives for new ones?

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sleeper_shark@reddit

What’s to stop people from doing that right now…?

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25sittinon25cents@reddit

Nothing, but you'll have a lot more people easily manipulate and gaslight their partner into going through with this since it's the way the system is set up

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