Why are divorce rates rising?

people used to honour the marriage institution becoz of the society and how ppl would respond if they decided to dovorce. Todays liberal society allows for people to divorce without having to live under ridicule Now which country do u live in that has no divorce?

i think what happened is that people first of are more selfish. well before a man was responsible for bringing home the money and the woman would take care of the house, right? but now women are just as powerful and economically independent as men. so since both sides make money, can stand on their own feet, by themselves, people think 'why do i have to put up with this' and they leave. additionally, often the decision to get married is made quickly, without thinking it through (think vegas!) and the courts have made it easy to get divorced. its more socially acceptable now, so people feel comfortable with the idea.

Commitment and marriage are hard work. Life gets in the way of love all the time, and it's sometimes hard for couples to get through that - particularly if they've always had an idealized, Hollywood version idea of what love and marriage are supposed to be like. Having that reality thrown at you is difficult. There are so many things that can go wrong, things that you can't necessarily predict before saying I do. I think it's best for couples to TRY to work things out before immediately jumping to divorce; however, I don't think two people who make each other miserable should be forced to stay together, either. Particularly if there's a lot of tension or fighting, and particularly if they have kids. Yes, it is better for kids to have both parents together, but that's not better if the relationship is unhealthy. Kids don't need to be exposed to the ugliness that comes from a relationship falling apart - it's far worse for them than the parents getting divorced and finding happiness. Kids need happy parents, and if that means the parents are not together anymore, that's actually better for them. Divorce and breaking of vows are partially a sign of the times - it's more generally accepted by society. Plus, people are encouraged now to do soul searching and follow their hearts, which even up the fifties wasn't necessarily encouraged. People were supposed to always do best by their family, even if doing so was self-destructive. We are more self-aware now, which is a good thing. It's sad that people fall out of love and divorce so often now, but it's better than having a lot of really unhappy people and traumatized children running around.

The most obvious reason for increase in divorce rates is the fact that the preferences and priorities of people have changed. In the days before divorces were so prevalent the mindset of people was different. This was so because life was totally different then. Nobody was at as much ease as we are today. Life was much more work and much less ease. This way everyone was accustomed to having hard times but with improvement in life standards things have changed drastically. And Now life is very easy with very few problems. And when people have started to experience the easy life from a very early stage in life its difficult for them to change and start making adjustments to accommodate someone else in their life. This has tio be done when you get married and since people are not easily doing that there seem to be a clash between the people who marry. Now the priorities of people have also changed. having personal freedom and happiness supersedes being married and taking responsibility of kids future so the binding force for any marriage when it goes through tough times, the children, are no more the same binding force that they used to be. Parents make arrangements for their children in terms of monitory arrangements and social protection but forget the emotional stability and parental love and care that they need for their proper development into healthy adults. This has resulted in couples deciding very easily to split.