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An "alpine divorce" is when your partner abandons you in some kind of remote outdoor setting.

Someone might abandon you in a tough situation if he or she lacks empathy or emotional self-regulation.

Avoid situations where an alpine divorce may happen, especially if you don't know your partner well.

An "alpine divorce" may sound like the ending of some kind of richy-rich marriage on the ski slopes. But people on TikTok have been using this term to describe what was posted by @EverAfterIya on February 18. This post has already garnered more than 19 million views and featured a woman walking on a rocky outdoor trail, weeping, and calling it "The worst Saturday of my life." Text overlaying this video also stated, "POV: you go on a hike with him in the mountains but he leaves you alone by yourself and you realize he never liked you to begin with."

What Is an 'Alpine Divorce'?

Yeah, abandoning someone on a hike is usually not a sign of like. The trail to this "alpine divorce" term seemed to originate from a short story with the same name, "An Alpine Divorce," written by Robert Barr in 1893. You could say that this really set the Barr on a mountain of grisliness as the tale featured a man planning to murder his wife while they traveled through the Swiss Alps.

An alpine divorce has since become a moniker for the........

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