The “trackpants attitude” is certainly not strengthening to a marriage

Sweatpants are the #1 cause of divorce

BY TAMARA RAJAKARIAR

Last week, Eva Mendes was published in a TV Extra interview where she claimed that sweatpants (trackies, for the Aussies) are the number one cause of divorce in America. When the flood of indignant disagreement came in, she and boyfriend Ryan Gosling were quick to make light of the situation via Twitter, saying it was all a joke.

I know I’ll be going against the tide, but I agree with Eva Mendes. I get what she was trying to say. Not so much that trackpants themselves cause divorce, but rather that the “trackpants attitude” is certainly not strengthening to a marriage. And I understand the outrage too – trackies are undeniably comfortable and with a busy lifestyle, there’s not always time to look 100% perfect. But I still think we should avoid the trackpants attitude.

It’s not that relationships are all about the way people look: I’ll be the first to abhor that. But it does feed into a certain common notion these days, that all the effort and all the trying are for pre-marriage days, and that it can stop afterwards. In my opinion however, post-marriage is when the real effort starts.

Before getting married, the effort comes easy. In a time filled with passion and infatuation and all you want to do is please the beloved, which includes looking your very best for their enjoyment. After marriage (and even before) it’s so easy to get “comfortable.” It’s easy to start taking their love for granted, and to stop nurturing it.


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