Divorce; end of a relation?

India
March 15, 2011 12:34pm CST
Divorce is very common now. It is the legal end of a relation but is it also the moral and mental end of the said relation? Does it lead to enmity or may be a friendly relation maintained whereby a joyous incidence in one’s life makes the other happy too, on the contrary, a sad incidence makes the other sad also?
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22 responses
• Indonesia
15 Mar 11
my divorce is a very frightening thing in marriage, especially for those who have had children. even so I do not regard it as the end of a relationship. divorce in the marriage should be avoided,because what god put together can not be divorced man
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
True. I think we should try to avoid divorce as much as we could, but I guess there are times when one cannot really control what is to happen in our life, and we must learn to accept and perhaps think that 'we did everything we could'.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
17 Mar 11
copy paste somethings eating up my responses. divcorce easy way to end a boring three month relationship so as to get a differetn imperfect partner and do it all over again.ugh we divorce because we want perfect miss or mr not a real human who burps and farts and make errors.we forget we also are not perfect, we are humans. real loves will work to keep a marriage going as they know neither of them is perfect.real love survives as they love unconditionally warts and all. only that kind of love survives in a good marriage.
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@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
18 Mar 11
Divorce has become something normal. Every person wants to avoid a divorce. However, sometimes a divorce, should be done. Happiness, or sadness brought by divorce, depending on how the face of divorce.
@dismalgrin (2604)
• United States
23 Mar 11
I don't get divorce now days. There are only three things that I believe are grounds for divorce. 1. Addiction 2. Abuse and 3. Adultery. (Yes, I'm aware they all begin with an A) I don't get these people that tell me they just fell out of love with their spouse so they pulled the plug on the marriage 'But, we are still really good friends' In my mind if it's bad enough to get a divorce, why on earth would you want to be friends with that kind of person. Also, I have experienced once your cross that line between friendship and going into the bedroom, you really can't go back to being friends. I know people that claim they have done it, but they really haven't. One of them always ends up being the one that wants to go back even if they both claim that they don't. Even if you had kids with someone you can share the responsibilities of raising those children without being friends with them. They hurt you, they did something wrong... you have to get away from that. If you honestly just woke up one day and didn't love that person then you really don't know what love is about and FOR SURE, should not jump into marrying another person until you do have it figured out.
@jak2010 (1550)
• Papua New Guinea
20 Mar 11
I am planning to divorce because of irreconcilable difference I have with my patner for more than 25 years. I thought of it for two years now, but it is so hard to make that final decision as I have big children and I do not want them to be upset over this. At the same time while thinking of my children, I am suffering from physcological effects and I might die so I am thinking it is important to have my life in order to help and save other lives. If I do not have my own life, I might not save others. It is going to be both joyous and also sad. It is going to be joyous as I will be free from all those wife pressuree, but at the same time it will be also sad because my children will be affected by this.
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
11 Apr 11
Believe me it is not pretty. I was married for 17 years, now divorced. I have 2 children and it's hard for them. My ex, she seemed to be the right one and very nice, she was brain washed by 2 of her friends, they basically broke up our family. I do not and will never trust my ex ever again. To me it is the end. As for my children, she has custody. I do see them often.
• United States
16 Mar 11
It all depends on the married couple and the reason for the divorce. If two people without children just grow apart and then get divorced, They Could be friends afterward.But id one spouse cheats on the other or they fight All the time, they may remain combatants.
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
16 Mar 11
Dear friend, I feel the future may look like this yesterday - I fell in love, Today - I got married, Tomorrow - I will get my divorce May be it is time to make the values of life from school level itself. I feel the real victims would the children of these couples.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
I know, it seems that it's really rampant these days. Though in my country we don't have divorce, but we now have what you call 'annulment' which renders the marriage void (for whatever that means or hope to mean). I don't think anyone who has decided to get married when they were 'in love' could just claim that it is void. Anyhow, that's beside the topic. I think it depends really on how two people have tried to fix something yet they can't just fix it. I do have a co-worker (well both of them actually are my co-workers), they got annulled a few years back. Right now, I can't help but wonder how each would feel because they need to work together still today. They are somewhat partners in our company, and they are obliged to talk to each other everyday (most often when a project that they both head is ongoing). I guess the romantic relationship indeed ends but I think regardless how anyone views it, there will always be a certain bond with each one of them. I don't think anyone going into marriage would wish that someday they'd be divorced. I doubt anyone would just see divorce or annulment as a way 'out' of something they no longer are interested with. But I do hope most have tried their best to make things work - and included God in the effort (we can't do everything on out own in the first place). With that, I do wish that we could be more tolerant to our partners, and that we could be stronger - and perhaps leave the thought of leaving out whenever there are problems on our way, and trust God more in our lives. You have a great day ahead.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Divorce may not exactly be the most pleasant experience to go through. When we marry, divorce is something far in the distance if thought of at all. Divorce is the end of a marriage but it doesnt have to be the end of a relationship. It can become a new relationship with no new boundaries.
@tkonlinevn (6394)
• Vietnam
16 Mar 11
Yes, you're right. Relationship after divorce is depend on the relationship in marriage and the reasons of divorce.
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
We don't have divorce law here in our place. Until now, it's still debatable whether divorce be allowed in our country. Our culture does not believe that man and women put together by God should separate when they find problems in their married life. Couples are subjected to counseling and if it does not work, an annulment of marriage is given to them. All family break-ups are always with so much pain so I don't think , a marriage gone sour could be sweet again.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
16 Mar 11
Even the legal relations are end not necessary moral and mental relations are also end. Because some time both the parties take a divorce but after some time when they feels ohhhh no this decission was not good and really i miss him/her then in that case they remember their partner. Now a days Divorce is fastest growing activity in human beings.
@m2heart (80)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
Hello DoctorDidi :) I've never been to marriage but in my opinion divorce is just a legalized word but the commitment is still there especially when the couple have a child/children. Divorced couples should fix things and ends up as friends even if things won't work out fine for the sake of their kids and the years of being together.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Mar 11
I'll let you know next year...
@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Mar 11
It really depends on the reasons behind the divorce. Adultery, grown out of love, abuse, etc. I think that initially there may be some harsh feelings for whatever reason. Given time that can go away and then two people can be friendly again. If there aren't alot of scars and bad feelings. Then they can share things.
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 11
it depends what is the cause of the divorse ifit is adultery then i guess friendship is hard even after the divorce sometime divorce involve in distribution of wealth and the party will feel cheated with the money lost and such sometime children involve suffer too . however some rare cases divorce done in civil method do have continous friendship maybe due for sake of children
• United States
15 Mar 11
It certainly would be ideal to maintain a hormoneous family after divorce but unfortunately there are some cases where it does not happen. I sincerely hope that if divorce destructs a home that somehow the parents consider the children with their actions. Although one or the other in the situation gets angry and or relieved after a divorce, I do not believe all involved are necessarily happy. I do believe and although some will not admit it will be sad for all involved.
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
15 Mar 11
Divorce is the end of the marital relationship but it doesn't end the relationship of two married couples. Whether they continue to be friends or not depends on what's the cause of the divorce. Married couples who mutually agreed to get a divorce due to irreconcilable differences, may still become good friends. However if the reason of the divorce is due to a third party, it takes a long time before they will ever talk again. If i would get a divorce, i would try my best to have a good relationship with my ex-husband.
@iklananda (1202)
16 Mar 11
We must committed first before we married. Because if we married without commitment and realise that married is for undorge our life to make our life easier because we had partner. So 2 people must be easier handling this