Do you believe in divorce?

[MrDawn]

What are your views on divorce?

My parents got a divorce because they couldn't get along. My mother has been through 2 divorces. I myself have been through one divorce. I think it varies. But if you're both unhappy and can't stand one another. It's probably for the best. Life is too short to be miserable and unhappy.

 

[Crystal]

I believe in it, absolutely. Some people are just not meant to be together. My parents were both divorcees before they met and then got married, divorced, separated and then re-married...they should not have re-married.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I definitely believe it exists.

I also believe it is for quitters can be very healthy

 

[shortkut]

As others have said, I believe in it because I have seen tangible evidence that it exists.

I also believe it works for some people. No one should be stuck in a situation where they are unhappy or unsafe

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I believe that too many people get married just to get married and not to form a bond with someone they intend to spend the remainder of their lives with.

 

[Gloom-is-good]

I believe that too many people get married just to get married and not to form a bond with someone they intend to spend the remainder of their lives with.

Or they get married to have a wedding
Or they get married because that's the typical next step in an intimate relationship and some don't realize that marriage doesn't have to be a thing at all (as long as both/all parties are in agreement)

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Or they get married because at 21 you might be one person and at 40 you are totally different.

Things happen, contracts are broken all the time. I'm not saying it's a good thing, but it can be.

 

[A Maybe Baker]

Yup - divorce should exist. People change, things happen...sometimes things just end.

It can get very bad if you force two people who are no longer right for eachother to stay together.

 

[Squall_Lionheart]

my mum and dad divorced when i was about 6
she ran away with another guy...who lived down the road. haven't seen her since, apart from one time at my cousin's wedding when i told her to fuck off and never talk to me again. that was 15 years ago

divorce devastated my dad but he raised us on his own. a great dad. it wasn't his fault

 

[Nae'blis]

Me and the ex are living proof that a divorce can be a good thing! We have it way better as friends than we did in the end of our marriage. As others have written before me, things and people change. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Working at a school I've seen many bad examples, like "We need to stay together for the kids' sake", and then they end up divorcing anyway and hate each other to the point that they can't even go the parent-teacher meetings together or even see each other when they drop off their kids and stuff...

Don't try to force things because they "should be done".

 

[Kat]

I've been divorced twice, so I kinda have to. It took me a while to realize marriage isn't a thing I should be partaking in, and it's best for everyone involved that it wasn't permanent.

 

[Mark]

I’m 37 and I’ve never been married, but the longest relationship I’ve been in was 6 years long (2 years longer than it should have been), and the one I’ve been in now is approaching the fourth anniversary this summer. All but two of my serious relationships ended in being cheated on, I sure know how to pick ‘em. The other two ended because they were batshit crazy… that’s the only conclusion I can come to when you’re deliberately trying to get hit by someone of the opposite sex twice your size.

 

[Quagmire]

Yes, people change and learn new things about themselves