No Fault Divorce

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Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan, admits his father told him signing No-Fault Divorce into law was a mistake:

stolenvows.com/TwiceAdopted.htm

Pray for those who are divorced or going through a divorce. And for those about to marry, I suggest talking to a priest long before.

God bless,
Ed
 
Good advice. One has to wonder why nearly half of all marriages in the US go bad.

Bad choice of a spouse? Too easy to make a split? Too hard to make the effort to keep it together? Not ready to make such a commitment?

All of the above? 🤷
 
I think people are too wrapped up in themselves and its a me,me,me world not a “us” world.
 
Personally, talking to divorced friends and relatives, they had way-over-the-top expectations of marriage and really saw that one person as the means to ‘make them happy’…well, whether I’m ‘happy’ or not, is not my husbands responsibility, and unless he turns into ‘superman’ overnight, he’ll never be able to meet all my demands/wishes/needs…however, I wouldn’t want to spend my life without him, and I think not having huge, unrealistic expectations has actually kept our marriage healthy. I think a lot of people need to look at themselves, before they blame their spouse for the state their marriage is in…

Ofcourse, some people are just unlucky, if their spouse becomes dangerously mentally unstable in the course of their marriage, or an alcoholic/drug abuser…those things you don’t always see coming!

Anna x
 
Two comments:
The statistic of one out of every two marriages ending in divorce is misleading. There are folks out there with two, three, and even four or more divorces to their credit. The majority of couples stay together for life.

I know a person who divorced her first husband because “he did not make me happy.” She did not want children and wanted all the “good” things in life immediately if not sooner. The poor husband did not stand a chance.
 
rwoehmke said:
Two comments:
The statistic of one out of every two marriages ending in divorce is misleading. There are folks out there with two, three, and even four or more divorces to their credit. The majority of couples stay together for life.
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The statistic is probably accurate, but you’re right in that we’re not given all the information. I’m guessing that the number of divorced adults is not half of all adults who have ever gotten married; instead, I’m assuming that half of all legal marriages end in divorce. Like you’ve said, a lot of divorced people remarry, and many of them divorce. I can think of several people off the top of my head who have been married and divorced twice, and some of them are on marriage #3.

I do think that divorce is too easy to accomplish. I’m happy that a woman is no longer stigmatized if she divorces an abusive husband, but I don’t like the attitude of “Let’s get married so we can throw a $50K party! If we don’t like each other two years down the road, we’ll just split up! No big deal.”
 
SeekerJen said:
The statistic is probably accurate, but you’re right in that we’re not given all the information. I’m guessing that the number of divorced adults is not half of all adults who have ever gotten married; instead, I’m assuming that half of all legal marriages end in divorce. Like you’ve said, a lot of divorced people remarry, and many of them divorce. I can think of several people off the top of my head who have been married and divorced twice, and some of them are on marriage #3.

I do think that divorce is too easy to accomplish. I’m happy that a woman is no longer stigmatized if she divorces an abusive husband, but I don’t like the attitude of “Let’s get married so we can throw a $50K party! If we don’t like each other two years down the road, we’ll just split up! No big deal.”
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I’ve heard it said (no citation; sorry) that half of all first marriages end in divorce, and two thirds of all second marriages.

Judging by how many of my students over the years are from broken homes, I would be amazed if this were NOT the case.

Peace,
Dante
 
DanteAlighieri said:
I’ve heard it said (no citation; sorry) that half of all first marriages end in divorce, and two thirds of all second marriages.

Judging by how many of my students over the years are from broken homes, I would be amazed if this were NOT the case.

Peace,
Dante
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And of course that stat is even harder to clarify. The first marriage for one spouse could be the second (or third!) for the other spouse.
 
edwest2 said:
Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan, admits his father told him signing No-Fault Divorce into law was a mistake:

stolenvows.com/TwiceAdopted.htm

Pray for those who are divorced or going through a divorce. And for those about to marry, I suggest talking to a priest long before.

God bless,
Ed
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As far as I know (i.e., the last I heard) the Church requires a long preparation time for anyone wanting a RC marriage (six months prior to planned date of ceremony) and that includes speaking with a priest for counsel.
 
Yes, good advice. It is always a good idea to get some sort of premarital counseling.
 
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