Where are all the couples?

In the past few months I've seen an overwhelming amount of couples fleeing the bonds of couplehood.

One friend left her husband for a new man, another is liking for a new house to end possibly end their marriage soon, another friend said adios and left her S.O. in the dust. Another friend leaves her husband for week at a time and he doesn't call her and she doesn't call him to inform each other of the reason behind being AWOL.

The rest of my friends fall into categories of being jealous or disgusted. I fall somewhere in between the cracks.

What is the reason for the great exodus? I personally think it's midlife crisis for some. Others the men were, and still are, losers. Mostly, I think my almost 40 year old friends are finding themselves and discovering that the men in their lives are not on the same page and instead of working around that they ditch them like hot potatoes and that is that.

I find it equally interesting that, from an astrological standpoint, we just went through a trying time with Venus being in retrograde. It was a time that was all about relationships. It could go either way, but it brought out the truth and it was there to make us deal with it.

I'm noticing that most of my friends dealt with it by throwing in the towel and jumping ship. That works, but did you learn anything?
I want immune to relationship woes. I've had a strained relationship with a couple of friends. I'm not setting it getting any better right away. We are heating into Mercury retrograde; a breakdown in communication and transportation hiccups.

So hold on my wayward friends, your relationships are going to be tested, again....and your business and your patience.

Keep calm and carry on.