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Situation where a marriage is threatened to be broken up over a suspiciously minor setback or argument, sometimes venting complaints about behavior which just surfaced. This can occur even after the spouses have jumped numerous hurdles in the relationship to be together, and usually smells of the inability of writers to do other plots or as cheap extension. From more capable writers, it's more of a Rant-Inducing Slight, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and unloaded years worth of pent-up frustration. Examples of Toilet Seat Divorce include:

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  • Toilet Seat Divorce
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  • Situation where a marriage is threatened to be broken up over a suspiciously minor setback or argument, sometimes venting complaints about behavior which just surfaced. This can occur even after the spouses have jumped numerous hurdles in the relationship to be together, and usually smells of the inability of writers to do other plots or as cheap extension. From more capable writers, it's more of a Rant-Inducing Slight, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and unloaded years worth of pent-up frustration. Examples of Toilet Seat Divorce include:
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  • Situation where a marriage is threatened to be broken up over a suspiciously minor setback or argument, sometimes venting complaints about behavior which just surfaced. This can occur even after the spouses have jumped numerous hurdles in the relationship to be together, and usually smells of the inability of writers to do other plots or as cheap extension. From more capable writers, it's more of a Rant-Inducing Slight, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and unloaded years worth of pent-up frustration. The archetypical example, which gives this trope its name, is the cliched argument over leaving the toilet seat up or down. Slightly more tolerated for teenagers who break up, since you expect them to be overdramatic. In Real Life, before the advent of no-fault divorce laws, it wasn't unknown for a couple who mutually wanted to separate to use these sorts of things so that one or both could claim mental suffering in order to have the legal justification for the divorce. See also Minor Flaw, Major Breakup, Rant-Inducing Slight, Disproportionate Retribution. Examples of Toilet Seat Divorce include:
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