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With everyone locked in together for long periods and with high levels of stress and anxiety, relationships have been strained and stretched to their limit in many cases. During the COVID-19 pandemic, divorce rates skyrocketed, and lockdown created a make-or-break environment with people having relationship realizations. In the United States alone, the divorce rate increased by 34 percent.⁴³ Relationship counselors rank financial problems, boredom, mental health issues, disagreements about parenting, and division of labor in the house as the most common sources behind relationship trouble. The most affected couples had bumpy relationships long before the pandemic, and being couped up with the stressors further amplified during the lockdown, leading toward separation.