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Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026
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The article describes many instances of this happening and actually references the recent case in Austria where a man was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. He had also done it to a previous girlfriend.
So yes, it happens often enough for many women to have similar stories. The term 'alpine divorce' didn't come out of nowhere either:
Im still not really sure here as I have also seen things where yeah you can find people who experienced the same thing but the numbers are not really taken into account. Just hearing tiktok makes me skeptical. I mean with billions people hundreds is like .00001%. Like chance of having experienced a mugging is .1% in the us. I will say though that it really boggles my mind the whole many may not be ill intent but then again that makes me more inclined to think of it as nutters. Like the incidence of schizophrenia is less than 1 in 100 but greater than 1 in a thousand. So like the news articles can be like. Schizophrenic wave continues to sweep the planet!
You would have all of your questions answered if you read the article
Would you similarly disbelieve someone if they told you they were mugged? Or is that only reserved for women telling stories of men who have mistreated them?
Im not disbelieving. I just find articles with titles that make things out to be a common occurrence or a thing to be wierd when its a rarity. I mean I even get the term because that comes from the group who in talking with each other start using it and with the internet that possible.
that's what makes it a viral social media thing though. you take a rare thing and try to claim it's a trend or a novelty.
well and thats the thing with this back and forth im having with another person. they are taking the track I don't like the article but I just don't like the title and the way its common with the social media age. I mean I could totally see this in that one section of the sunday paper that dives deeper into things like this.
That's because your initial comment I replied to said nothing about the title of the article. You were questioning if it even happens often enough to warrant attention.
not warrant attention to give it a name. alpine divorce.
You should really read the article.
So I did read the article. You keep on not reading my comments apparently. I mentioned I get the people in the circle having a term but its the title. The way the title is written including using he term. If it was a common term for an oft encountered situation it would be one thing and it makes sense for the article to mention it but the title is where it gets wierd. I dunno how to make myself more clear through this conversation honestly.
Also the term was coined in the 1800s. Clearly it has happened enough to warrant a name if it’s been around that long.
If it took from the 1800's to societ creating the internet and connecting a popluations of 8 billion people in 2026 for the term to catch on. It was not happening much and it does not happen much we know that. There are all sorts of terms im sure from the 1800's that were niche enough no one knows them now. Maybe something will bring it forward. There is nothing wrong with the term itself and its and articles like these are not uncommon. As I said in another part of my, apparently, very constroversial take. There was a section in the sunday paper that might have an article like this but the title would not be this internet wierd click baity thing.
Just because you hadn’t heard the term before now doesn’t mean no one heard of it.
Because you shifted your focus to the title after you realized I wasn’t backing down in our back and forth conversation.
Initially you never mentioned the title of the article at all.
I feel you feel you have some sort of gotcha. This is simply not how casual conversation works. I did not shift my focus I just did not put enough detail initially. My comment did not even need to be about this particular article it could be about any niche thing that makes it sound like its more of a thing than it is.
Nah I can just see your goal post shifting through the conversation.
Men sometimes choose to abuse their partners in this particular way. It’s called alpine divorce. This article simply goes through some stories of this happening and getting opinions from experts in the field. It’s just a discussion piece that you’ve decided to take offense at how the title was written.
see. this is exactly it. your last paragraph makes it like its some kind of thing. much like the title. but its a wierd thing some nutters guys have done. Its literally like a spouse poisoning story which again if a few were collected together and titled like that would be wierd. I honestly don't care about your view of my convsersing and Im going to just stop this conversation as from my perspective its getting stupid.
Women used to kill their husbands via poisoning a lot. I’m not sure that’s the example you want to use lol
Dude - read the article. Not just the title, the actual article. The author backs up their title.
What are you talking about? It goes through some individual stories. There is nothing that backs up its like a common occurence or a massive uptick or something.
How many women have to tell similar stories before you believe that it's a thing that happens frequently enough for there to be a whole article written about it?
Im not saying they should not write and article about it Im saying it should not title itself like it its some sort of thing. Something along the lines of. The stories of women who have encountered the unthinkable. Abandoned in the wilds.
The title ends in a literal question that the author then goes on to explain.
It is a thing. It’s a demonstrable thing where men leave their partners while on a hike. There may be multiple reasons for it, but it does happen.
Im not arguing it does not happen just that it does not happen that often. Its not a craze sweeping the globe. Its something that has happened. There are likely far more prevalent things that don't get a name or recognition. Did you even get the reason I put down how common things that are considered very uncommon are?
Why are you dying on this hill?
Why does it bother you for women to share these stories?
So any time somone does not change their mind to someone else its dieing on a hill. What do you keep repeating false things like bothering me for the stories being shared or not believing it. My problem is with the title and making things like they are bigger than they are. Women have been abandoned by their partners on hiking trails but women are not being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails as a common occurence. Think of it this way. Would it make sense to have an article go through some of the cases of men being poisoned and title it? Men are being murdered by their partners. Whats behind the poisoners divorce.
There are lots of articles and coverage about women poisoning their husbands before no fault divorce was enacted.
Authors and journalists are allowed to write about whatever they want. You don’t have to read it.
again. its the title.
Yeah, I would. People lie. Especially for clout and victimhood status. Especially on social media.
Oh I've run into you before.
You don't think your tales of woe about women are for victimhood status? Lol