If you were a writer at Marvel, be it pro marriage or anti-marriage, how would you have ended the Parker marriage if you boss told you it had to be done? 
I may go into detail later on when I have some time. For now I'll just give you brief summary. I would introduced a lot of stress into the marriage from both sides. Gradually cracks would begin to show in the relationship.
However, the initial stress would have very little to do with Peter's career as Spider-Man. The problems would mainly focus around Pete and MJ. Once things were tense, I'd introduce a major plot twist that would make things even worse. 
The characters decide to separate. I'd try to write the story in a manner that was sympathetic to both characters. In other words, half of the audience would feel MJ was right and the other half would side with Peter.
I'd have the characters attempt a reconciliation. Unfortunately I'd throw all types of obstacles in front of them. I'd also have supporting characters (both new and old ) play an important role in the story. A couple of them would have reasons for NOT wanting the characters to get back together and actually work to further destroy the fragile relationship, albeit unkown to our main characters. Just as Pete and MJ are possibly on track to work things out, they relatiosnhip is ruined by a cruel twist of fate.
As a result they go thru with the divorce althought neither really wants to end the marriage. Eventually each character moves on into another romance. Just as it appears their lives are on totally different paths, the truth comes out about the past and Pete and MJ realize they would never have divorced if it hadn't been for outside interference. However, they're both involved with other people now. I think this would add a sense of tragedy and loss to the strip, which was always an underlying element to the series under Stan Lee.
Quesada wants to keep Peter's romantic life in a state of flux. This would do it
1) The classic love triangle to return for Pete (and MJ for that matter)
2) MJ could eventually leave the series for awhile and free Peter to date other women
3) You could have them remain unmarried, but always close enough to each other to cause major problems with their respective love lives.
4) You could even remarry them down the road.
If you pay attention, there's not much here about Spider-Man. Peter's dual life would defintely make things more complicated. But, the majority of the story would revolve around Peter and the supporting cast. To have Pete and MJ break up over the spectre of Spider-Man and then have Pete jump back into a relationship with someone else just seems shallow. However, if the breakup really had nothing to do with Spidey it would be normal for Peter to hit the dating scene again.
Best of all, no cosmic reset. We the readers, and the characters, would remember EVERY STORY we've read for the past 20 years!
I may go into detail later on when I have some time. For now I'll just give you brief summary. I would introduced a lot of stress into the marriage from both sides. Gradually cracks would begin to show in the relationship.
However, the initial stress would have very little to do with Peter's career as Spider-Man. The problems would mainly focus around Pete and MJ. Once things were tense, I'd introduce a major plot twist that would make things even worse. The characters decide to separate. I'd try to write the story in a manner that was sympathetic to both characters. In other words, half of the audience would feel MJ was right and the other half would side with Peter.I'd have the characters attempt a reconciliation. Unfortunately I'd throw all types of obstacles in front of them. I'd also have supporting characters (both new and old ) play an important role in the story. A couple of them would have reasons for NOT wanting the characters to get back together and actually work to further destroy the fragile relationship, albeit unkown to our main characters. Just as Pete and MJ are possibly on track to work things out, they relatiosnhip is ruined by a cruel twist of fate.
As a result they go thru with the divorce althought neither really wants to end the marriage. Eventually each character moves on into another romance. Just as it appears their lives are on totally different paths, the truth comes out about the past and Pete and MJ realize they would never have divorced if it hadn't been for outside interference. However, they're both involved with other people now.
I think this would add a sense of tragedy and loss to the strip, which was always an underlying element to the series under Stan Lee.Quesada wants to keep Peter's romantic life in a state of flux. This would do it
1) The classic love triangle to return for Pete (and MJ for that matter)
2) MJ could eventually leave the series for awhile and free Peter to date other women
3) You could have them remain unmarried, but always close enough to each other to cause major problems with their respective love lives.
4) You could even remarry them down the road.
If you pay attention, there's not much here about Spider-Man. Peter's dual life would defintely make things more complicated. But, the majority of the story would revolve around Peter and the supporting cast. To have Pete and MJ break up over the spectre of Spider-Man and then have Pete jump back into a relationship with someone else just seems shallow. However, if the breakup really had nothing to do with Spidey it would be normal for Peter to hit the dating scene again.
Best of all, no cosmic reset. We the readers, and the characters, would remember EVERY STORY we've read for the past 20 years!
So it has to be something non-Spidey-related that gets rid of her, IMO.
