The next you can't remember anything that is wrong with them and even a momentary smile seems enough reason for you to stay. Injustices that loomed large a moment ago, now seem forgivable and you can't even remember why they bothered you in the first place. You dreamed of happily ever after and instead what is happening feels like a nightmare that will never end. And if you have children, there is guilt. You never wanted your kids to be products of a broken home.
Most divorces leave both parties poorer than before.
During a divorce, you often don't know if you will sink or swim. Nothing seems stable, least of all you. Everything you have always believed is open to question. The pain seems so endless, it is hard to believe you will ever feel whole again. This process rarely takes less than a year and it can take more.