What if we invested in saving marriages instead of encouraging divorce?

(PHOTO: Zakaria Zainal)

Our efforts to destigmatise divorce may have gone too far. If a marriage can be salvaged, let’s teach couples how to give it a chance

Recently released figures from the Department of Statistics (DOS) show 7,382 marriages were dissolved in Singapore in 2024. I never thought mine would be one of them.

In December 2019, I was blindsided when my wife suddenly said, “I never loved you to begin with,” packed her bags and left.

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(Published as “What if we invested in saving marriages instead of encouraging divorce?” on 28 August 2025 in The Straits Times.)

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Laremy Lee

A versatile educator, writer and editor, Laremy Lee (李庭辉) has the uncanny knack of being one of the few among his generation in Singapore who crafts compelling stories in different genres.

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