Monday, May 17, 2010

To Divorce or Not Divorce?

Divorce effects 6 out of 10 married couples today.
1.) What are legitmate reasons to get a divorce?
2.) What are the positive and negative effects of divorce?
3.) How do you personally feel about divorce? Explain.
4.) Do you think divorce is a benefit to society? Explain.
5.) Do you think you will get a divorce someday? Why or why not?

Note: This is really me just probing your minds. Much of this blog is opinion based. Remember to respect each others opinions. You don't where some people's opinions come from. It may be from personal experience.

21 comments:

  1. Leslie H.
    1.) The legitamte reasons to get a divorce include: an abusive relationship, severe financial complications,adultery, criminal activities, and drug use or alcholism.
    2.)The psotitive effects of divorce include: a person in an abusive relationship can seek help, the stress of a bad family life can be rectified.
    the negatives of divorce are familys can be torn apart, children can blame themselves for the divorce, and abusers can find a new person to abuse.
    3.) Except for the the legitamte reasons, i personally feel divorce is wrong and that you could try and work out your issueswith you partner. or you could try to lean on each other for support. I feel you should try to stick it out.
    4.) Yes, i think it can benifit society,it provides lawers with work which puts money into the econnomy, and also is a part of selective breeding.
    5.) I don't think i'll get a divorce. I'm confedent in my ablity to choose someone and my ablity to work out a problem.

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  2. 1. if you are abused by your spouse or they cause harm to you or your family, you should get a divorce.
    2. positive: gets you out of a bad relationship
    negative: affects kids, leaves you lonely
    3. i think that divorce is sometimes necessary but if you get married to someone, you need to make sure thats the person you love and want to spend the rest of your life with.
    4. no, it cost a lot of money and tears apart families.
    5. no, i plan to marry someone that i want to spend forever with and that i can work through arguments and hard times with.

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  3. 1)if there was abuse or something similar
    2)positive: start over; negative: will remember for the rest of your life
    3)I feel that divorce is unacceptable. I will never get a divorce because I think it is important to work out your problems. If my husband cheated on me or abused me lets just say he wouldn't have a great life.
    4)No i think it causes problems and chaos
    5)NO already explained

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  4. 1.) Financial difficulties, abuse, alcoholism, drug use and a lot more different ones.
    2.) Positive would be you sorta get away from all of it, and negative is- it cost a lot of money usually plus you will be lonely.
    3.) I think sometimes it is necessary to do so. Because you definitely do not want to be in a marriage where is one side abuses another etc.
    4.) I think it is not. Because there is a lot more positive than negative comes out from a happy family.
    5.) I wasn't planning on marrying till i am like 50 lol But i think i will get a divorce because i am really difficult to deal with.

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  5. 1. Legitimate reasons to get a divorce are abusive relationships with you or your other family members, or adultery.
    2. Positive effects are that you get away from the bad relationship. Negative would be the cost to actually get a divorce and what strain and anxiety it puts on your family.
    3. I don't like the idea of divorce, just because my parents are divorced and I didn't like the process of it, or the after effects; but I feel that if it's necessary, then it's necessary.
    4. I think divorce does not benefit society. It costs a lot of money and it tears families apart.
    5. I hope I don't get a divorce. I'm not going to say I will or won't, because I'm not quite sure what the future will bring. I don't want to get a divorce once I get married. I want to marry someone that I can work through problems with.

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  6. 1) I think its okay to get a divorce because of the most obvious resons adultery, and abuse.
    2) postive- you get away from the negative things that caused the divorce. negative- it causes presure on the children (if they have any). The kids may feel it is their fault.
    3) i feel that there are reasons to get a divorce, but i dont think you should just go keep getting married and keep getting divorced. you should try and find the person you are going to be with forever and stay with them.
    4) i really hope i dont ever get a divorce. i hope that the guy i marry will be the only guy ill ever be married to. i just dont think divorce is for me.

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  7. 1) Adultry
    2) there are no positive effects it just causes more problems with the family and others around them
    3)I think its a pathetic waste of time and money to give up on something that could be golden if you marry someone you should love them and always hear them out before you react no matter how hard it is or what stands in the way people are consumed by greed and lust to the point where the old beliefs that marriage is a happy love story are dying with each divorce and theres no one that understands this except those who really meant to love and not live with someone.
    4)No it's socially because it causes too much drama but economically it circulates lots of money around
    5) No i plan on marrying the girl im in love with and swore to never give up on any thing and i believe that divorce is another way or giving up on your life i plan and will always work everything out before it goes to wrong and i lose it all.

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  8. 1. I think a huge reason to definitely get a divorce is because of abuse. Possibly things like, criminal activities, and adultery, as well.
    2. Positive: You are able to get away from the situation. Negative: You have a lot of money to pay up. You could also get your kids taken away, or house, or car, or anything really. It's emotional, too. All that time you spent commited to that person.. well, do you regret it?
    3. I feel that if there is a need for divorce- go for it. Although, people are just going crazy with it. Don't. Get. Married. It just seems like maybe it was a fad to get married and then "Oh hey- I hate you." So they get divorced. I don't know, but personally I'm not getting married until I'm most certain I can commit completely. People need to think about it more thoroughly.
    4. I think that it does benefit the economy some. This booming divorce thing has lawyers getting paiiiddd.
    5. I don't think many people go about daydreaming their divorce one day. I'd have to say no. I'd much rather /not/ go through that.

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  9. 1) timacy in the relationship, lack of feelings between the partners, financial problems, cheating, difficulties with the education of (their) children
    2) Positive: both partners can start over and order their life’s new
    Negative: maybe financial problems; problems who gets the kids; loneliness
    3) I personally think that getting divorce became really common in our society today UNFORTUNATELY. But since I grew up with divorced parents and got to know that it doesn’t have to be bad for both of them, I think I would just think twice before I get married to someone and the option of getting a divorce doesn’t really exist in my case personally. I would whether not marry anyone than getting a divorce.
    4) I would say ‘yes’. Because it costs lots of money to get divorced and the only people who profit from this are the state, the government and the judges (I guess).
    5) I could imagine it. But because of that ‘fear’ I am just not going to get married I guess… society changed that much and it just makes you realize everyday that nothing is forever, though.

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  10. 1.) If one of the spouses hits or beats the other or their children. Also if one of the spouses cheats on the other.
    2.)Positive- you could start your life over if you were in a bad relationship
    Negative- Its a lot of legal work, money, and time. If there are kids involved they will have to grow up in 2 different homes.
    3.)I don't like divorce. I understand that there are certain exceptions but I think people get married just so they wont be alone and thats no reason to get married. If you really love someone you can work out anything, again there are always exceptions. But i believe you marry once.
    4.)I guess it could help society because the lawyers of divorce bring in money. And usually when people get a divorce they want all new stuff to start over also helping society.
    5.)No, I don't think I will ever get divorced it will take a lot for me to get married and I wouldn't do it just on a thought. I would have to be 100% in love with a person with no doubts to get married in the first place, so I don't see divorce being in my life.

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  11. 1. i think that if you have a lot of problems that cant be fixed then it is okay to divorce. Like if a couple is in an abusive relationship.

    2. positive effects would be starting over and not dealing with as much stress
    negative effects could be if you had children .. how you would deal with them, money would be a problem as well.

    3. i feel that divorce should only happen if the two can no longer get along, and if their lives are truley better apart. if a person is in an abusive relationship they should file for divorce also because no one deserves to be put through something like that.


    4. i dont feel like it is a benifit to society.. it just causes more problems today. i think that you should really get to know someone before you marry them so you wont end up divorcing later on.

    5. i hope i dont get a divorce. i dont think its right. i have to completely in love to even think about marrige. so i dont think divorce would ever happen in my future.

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  12. 1. if one of them beat or serverly threaten the other than the could lead to a divorse.
    2. postive effects of divorse could be maybe you married to young and it didnt work out, or they were beating you and you needed to get out of the relationship. negitive effect are if you have children they have to suffer from their parents being seperated.
    3.personally, i dont believ people should get a divorse. but i also think that if there is a major reason then it should be done.
    4. i do not think its a benifit to society. it only makes the society worse.
    5. i hope i will never get a divorse. i chose someone i loved and im gonna stick with him though the thick and thin.

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  13. 1.Some legitimate reasons to get divorce are alcohol or drug abuse, physical abuse(on both a partner and children),if one partner is in criminal activity, emotional/mental abuse,and
    adultry. I don't think that financial difficulties is a reason to get divorced or intimacy issues because both of those can be fixed easily.
    2.positives: If someone was being abused they are now free of that and don't have to worry anymore, don't have to worry about getting a STD if their partner was cheating on them, and they can have their emotional/mental health restored once they're out of the bad situation.
    negitives: if there are children then they have to be seperated from their parents at one point or another, if the divorce went badly you have to deal with some really upsetting emotions, dealing with all the costs it took to go through the divorce
    3.Personally, my parents have been divorced since I was like 3 or 4 yrs old and for them I think it was the best thing they could have done, but for the most case I don't like divorce at all. Because most of the time it's messy, you put the kids in the middle of it, and the problems on which you decide to get divorced on are ones that can be fixed if you just put some time and effort, honest time and effort, in it, it will be ok.
    4.I think to society as a whole it isn't a benefit. I think this because it makes a lot of people mad at each other and gives future generations the idea that divorce is either inevitable or ok to do.
    5.I don't think that I will get divorced one day because of how strongly I feel people shouldn't do it. Also because the man I decide to marry will have been so checked out by myself to make sure that we will be able to make it, that I don't think I'll marry "the wrong guy". Plus I will try with every fiber in my being to work through any problems me and my partener will experience to make sure we don't get divorced.

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  14. 1. there are good reason to get a divorce. Cheating, lying, those are the only reasons i can think of to get a divorce.
    2. positive if there is no children involved but if there is children involved i think it does more harm than good.
    3. i do not believe in divorce i think that it is wrong unless there is a good reason but if the couple are just getting tired of each other then they just need to work it out.
    4.Depending on the couples social status depends on wether or not it even effects it.
    5. i can not see into the future but i hope i will not get a divorce

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  15. 1.) Cheating, abuse or not being in love anymore
    2.)If being abused there will be no more abuse
    ,if having children it might effect them by the separation.
    3.) I do and i don't. Because no marry is perfect, you have work as a couple to fix your problems.
    4.) I dont think it benefits society because it makes society worse.
    5.) I plan not to get a divorce! I want to be with the love of my life for the rest of my life! but you never know whats happens!!

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  17. 1.) Abuse and cheating
    2.) The positive effects are that you are able to move on, start over fresh in a way. The negative effects are mainly on your kids, if you have any. You will skew their perception of relationships permanently.
    3.) Well, having gone through two, you'd think I'd have a lot of opinions on it. And i do. lol. I first of all hate it. Going through one when I was in first grade, and one just this year, I can honestly say it effects the children in ways the parents will never understand. Parents are supposed to be an example to kids. And if all we have seen is that when things get tough, give up, thats what were going to do.
    4.) In some ways yes. I def. don't think divorce should be illegal because if you are in an abusive relationship, you have to be able to get out, and if your partner cheated on you, you should have the option of getting out of that relationship.
    5.) I honestly don't know. I really hope not though. Especially if I have kids.

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  18. 1) Some legitimate reasons to get a divorce are loss of intimacy, abuse (emotional or physical), cheating, lying repetitively, and alcohol and drug abuse.
    2) Some positive effects on getting a divorce are getting away from whatever negative choices your spouse has made, such as the cheating, lying and the alcohol abuse. Some negative effects are financial instability, emotional effects on your children if there are any in the relationship involved.
    3) I can't say that I agree or disagree. Many people have a very legit reason for getting a divorce. If it puts a person in danger either emotionally or physically, then the person has every right to get a divorce. If the problems can be worked out through rehab or therapy, then I think the couple should try all means neccessary to work through the issues.
    4) I think it can be a benefit to society because it prevents people from being in such terrible situations for the rest of their life. Granted, it affects the social aspect of what's considered a normal family, but that can be avoided.
    5) I really do not want to be divorced. It causes too many issues emotionally and especially not if I have kids. I can't imagine what kind of life they'd feel like they had, being tossed between houses and not having a father/mother figure in their life everyday. That sounds terrible.

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  19. 1. Abuse, cheating, illegal affairs, things like that.
    2. Positive- get out of the bad relationship
    Negative- family is broken up
    3. I'm not sure, I guess it's whatever's best for th couple, but I neverwant to go through it.
    4. Not really. I think people abuse and make it one. When things get too hard in the relationship, divorce; when they're tired of being married, divorce; when they don't want to put up with simple things, divorce; it seems to be an easy way out for some people.

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  20. *5. I hope not. But I don't think I will. I'm patient and can work through just about anything(but abuse) for the people I love. Plus I don't plan on rushing into marriage, so I'll know my husband along with all his habits(good&bad) before we marry, giving me time to determine if he's someone I can live&put up with

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