This turns up as a reason for divorce in at least two studies, each of which asked people to choose from a list of potential factors. In the 2013 study, one participant said: "It became insurmountable. It got to a point where it seemed like he was no longer really willing to work [on the relationship]. All of the stresses together and then what seemed to be to be an unwillingness to work through it any longer was the last straw for me."