The Most Common Reason for Divorce: Marriage

The Most Common Reason for Divorce: Marriage

March 25, 2007 by
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I read an article recently that discussed how money is a big factor when it comes to divorce. The article discussed how even though money is a big factor, it is not money itself that is the problem. Money represents many things (power, control, freedom) and those things, in conjunction
 with incompatibility, are what lead to divorce. I am not an expert in any way but I have some theories about why marriage is the leading cause of divorce.

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I love the way you handled this topic of marriage! I agree that marriage should be for life. My parents were married for nearly 35 years before my mum's premature death and I have been married for nearly 5 years. When someone made a comment to me recently about how people's marriages tend to last longer as they get older, I replied that I intended my marriage to last a lifetime not just a few extra years. Sophie
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Posted on 06/15/2007 at 11:06:00 AM

John, read my article on "chemistry" within relationships. I agree with you.
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Posted on 04/24/2007 at 6:04:00 PM

Very nicely done.
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Posted on 04/23/2007 at 11:04:00 PM

I'm not so sure that high divorce rates are much the result of not taking dating seriously. If you ask me (which you haven't -- haha), most couples have a romanticized version of love that is based more on the fleeting "feeling" you get the first few years of your relationship. That "in love" feeling isn't truly being in love, but many couples eventually lose it and believe that they're no longer right for each other, especially when they find someone else who reignites that flame.
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Posted on 04/23/2007 at 10:04:00 PM

Right on the money pt
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Posted on 04/23/2007 at 3:04:00 PM

Good title, and overall, a good read-I would agree with a previous post who alluded to the fact that longevity does not automatically mean good..and I would say you are a little too focused against pre-marital co-habitation and sex. Like you point out about money, they are just factors that can be good or bad, depending on the people. I think the main ingredients are self-serving narcissism, self-righteousness, and the culture of greed.
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Posted on 04/22/2007 at 12:04:00 PM

Insightful and I concur with what you have said. It's the narcissistic practices that lead to the break down of families, communities and societies. But man had been there before; it was sighted as one of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Posted on 04/20/2007 at 2:04:00 AM

Another incredibly insightful article. Man, you've got it together. Too narrow of a view, Jennifer? I'll be interested to read your article. Let me check on that now. PTLeena, thanks!
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Posted on 04/19/2007 at 6:04:00 AM

One of the biggest reasons people offer for why others should delay marriage "is to get to know yourself first." I personally think it's just as important to know who you're marrying first. My husband and I were together 7 years before getting married, so despite being young we REALLY knew each other. I just don't see how I could even find time (now that I'm an adult) to meet someone and really get to know them well enough in order to feel comfortable marrying that person. Many people who wait until they are older to marry probably don't really know the person they are marrying. They have shorter engagements and spend a lot less time together during that engagement.
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Posted on 04/18/2007 at 6:04:00 PM

Well said Leena. I'm not an expert on marriage or dating either, but then again I don't want to be an expert on the type of dating and marriages that most people have.
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Posted on 04/11/2007 at 2:04:00 PM

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