We have considered those cases' and we conclude that each domestic relations case must be decided on the basis of the facts unique to it and that great weight must be given to the decisions of the trier. See Laird v. Laird, 203 Cal.App.2d 806, 21 Cal.Rptr. 924; Howard v. Howard, 314 Ky. 685, 236 S.W.2d 932; Thompson v. Thompson, 222 Or. 505, 353 P.2d 241; Frank v. Frank, 18 Utah 2d 228, 419 P.2d 199. The trial court is guided in the exercise of its discretion by the listing in 46-52 of the factors to be considered in awarding alimony, and the finding indicates that duration was duly considered by the court. The duration of a marriage is but one factor, and to hold that it is determinative would attach to that single factor a significance not intended by the legislature.

Mrs. Dingledine is an experienced bookkeeper and, according to her brief, is earning $200 a month. She has no dependents. That the marriage lasted only a few months is a circumstance to be considered. Ferguson v. Ferguson 125 Ind. App. 596, 125 N.E.2d 816 (1955); Thompson v. Thompson. 222 Or. 505, 353 P.2d 241 (1960); Taylor v. Taylor, 357 P.2d 1112 (Wyo., 1961). Upon the testimony as abstracted it is our best collective , judgment that the award of alimony should be modified by a reduction to $150 a month.

The tender was refused. Thompson v. Thompson, 222 Or. 505, 353 P.2d 241 (1960). The court found that "the award of divorce to Mrs. Thompson is justified" but that the amount of the judgment for alimony was "excessive."

Obviously, the longer a woman has lived with a man and performed the functions which one normally expects from a wife, the greater is her claim to support. ( Ferguson v. Ferguson (1955), 125 Ind. App. 596, 125 N.E.2d 816; Thompson v. Thompson (1960), 222 Or. 505, 353 P.2d 241; Tan v. Tan, supra.) The length of a marriage is an important consideration in a number of respects.