Reasons People Divorce...

With the latest statistics claiming that roughly 60% of marriages end in divorce, is it possible that people are thinking of divorce before they even say "I DO"? How common are the reasons for which people divorce, despite the fact that every couple's relationship is different. These were some of the questions I asked myself and these are some of the answers I found. Although every couple's relationship is different, as human beings we face many of the same problems in life that eventually affects our marriages. In a family law blog I came across, their five main reasons people divorce included, communication problems, financial issues, forms of abuse, marital infidelity and sexual problems which were listed in this order. After looking around I've come to notice that its not as simple as to narrow it down to five main reasons. People divorce for numerous reasons and I believe that couple's should be aware of those reasons.

Everywhere I looked lack of communication is a reason people divorce, your partner is not psychic and if you keep your feelings of resentment to yourself you will eventually distance yourself from your partner. Abuse, any form of abuse is justification for a divorce, I cannot stress it enough but abuse should never be tolerated in any relationship and it occurs more often than we know and is grounds for divorce. I feel that with infidelity comes lack of commitment, marriages according to the Merriam Webster dictionary is "the state of being united to a person in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law". The heart of a marriage is being committed to that person, if that is the belief of both persons in the marriage and one finds evidence of infidelity that is clearly obtained, one may get a divorce. Many other reasons for divorce include, sexual incompatibility, an essential part of marriage is sex and procreation and if there is no consummating happening one can want a divorce, and as I stated before financial problems which may also include differences in career goals. Lastly, the inability to manage or resolve conflict, sometimes people cannot handle there differences and so they ill divorce and many times you will hear that they filed for divorce stating "irreconcilable differences".

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