@Blackberry ”... as long as they bring it up.” That is the key here, to me. Yes, maybe divorce is common now and people should, probably should, be able to talk about it but only if they choose to. Everyone has the right to talk about what they want to talk about, when they want to talk about it and to whom they want to talk about it, whatever “it” is. In my opinion, the way I was raised at least, you just don’t ask people about private things, unless they have brought it up or you have gotten some indication that they are willing and want to talk to you about it.
I know, I keep talking about “how people were raised” but that is what it comes down to for me. That is how I was raised. You just don’t ask people about certain things, private and personal things, and you certainly don’t get all bent out of shape when you ask a person about something that is none of your goddamn business and that person declines to talk about it, which has been my experience sometimes.
People should be able to talk about these things, of course. But they should also be able to not talk about them if they don’t want to. Not everyone wants to go on a talk show and lay it all out for the entire world to see. Some of us still consider our private business to be our private business. And people shouldn’t put people, people who might lay it all out for the whole world or anyone, on the spot by asking questions about things that are none of their business.