The End Of Divorce In The US

People all around the world want to love and be loved. We search most our lives looking for the perfect spouse. When you think you’ve found the right one, and you’re ready to spend forever together they join as one in marriage. Nevertheless, some marriages fail and the two turn to divorce. There can be numerous reasons for a divorce. Here are three major causes: lack of communication, financial problems and cheating, which are listed below.

Marriage is supposed to be the best time that couples get to enjoy each other’s company. Unfortunately, not all marriages are meant to be and getting a divorce may be the best option for the spouses. Divorce does not only mean the dissolution of marriage. It also involves property division, child custody, child support and in some cases spousal support also referred to as alimony.

Divorce is viewed differently by many people. Sometimes this is due to experiences, what others have said, or looking at studies that are not always accurate. However, not everyone can have the same views about marriage ending in divorce. In the article, “No Easy Answers: Why the Popular View of Divorce Is Wrong” by Constance Ahrons she shows her view on divorce. Ahrons believes that divorce does not have long-lasting damaging effects on children (65). Divorce can affect children in the family but the way the decisions are made is what will change the way the kids are influenced.

There are, undoubtedly, a number of causes for divorce. Divorce used to be considered scandalous and immoral. This contributed to many marriages surviving despite strains. However, as divorce becomes more common, the more natural and expectable it seems. The number of divorces per year per1000 people in the U.S. has been declining since hitting our highest point in1981. (“divorce_ rate”) The United States has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. As a, couple’s relationship, marriages are more

“The divorce rate in this country is approximately 50% and is seems to have become more commonplace that people are willing to get a divorce for myriad of reasons, instead of working things out.” (Martinez) Divorce causes many problems, but what the couple that is getting divorced does not know is that they are hurting people other than themselves. Many couples struggle with reasons why they should divorce and others work through issues trying to save their marriage (Martinez). Divorce impacts everyone in the family. The decision to divorce has to be made based on each family’s morals, beliefs and individual situation.

In our culture today most people accept divorce as a way of life. We see love as a cure to everything and something hate and revenge. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life’s ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. Writer/producer Alvarez Rafael wrote an article  “The changing face of the American family: A conversation with John Hopkin University (JHU) sociologist Andrew Cherlin explained how marriage shaped life in America's cities and culture. In fact (Alvarez, 2016) discover this “Marriage used to be the only path to adulthood for Americans. Now there are multiple paths. You can live with somebody and have a child with them. You can have a series of relationships or remain single

The divorce rate in the United States is fairly high. When saying high, report shows that about 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce ("Marriage & Divorce." Http://www.apa.org/topics/divorce/. N.p., n.d. Web.) Divorce is a big deal and is not just something to do. Although opinions may vary, the most common cause of divorce is lack of communication. Other common causes of divorce are infidelity and abuse.

Marriage is a gourds approved mating arrangements, usually marked by some type of ritual. America tends to have a free spirit when it comes to marriages. People marry for love and occasionally money, but it is not an arranged or forced ritual. It is highly regarded and meant to be special. Anything as common as marriage though will have trends.

Divorce generally puts children at greater risk for many kinds of problems. However, most children of divorce do not experience those serious problems; most children are strong and resilient, and most have returned to a pretty normal life after 2–3 years. The problems children of divorce may experience are often present even before the divorce, perhaps the result of conflict between parents, less attention from parents, depression, or other factors. Children in a high-conflict marriage situation generally are better off if their parents decide to divorce compared to children whose parents stay married and continue to experience high levels of conflict. Children in low-conflict marriage situations,

In the recent years of American history divorce has constantly been showing its ugly head. We are always being shown how divorce is the “best option” to end a relationship in the media, everyday life, and in our own unforgiving thoughts. We give the excuse “it just wasn’t working out.” While in some cases that is true, the real reason why America has such a high divorce rate is because people are forced into marriage because of a bad mistake, the media shows that divorce is okay and necessary, and that people in the marriage don’t put enough effort into fixing problems as they do making problems larger.

Divorce is becoming all too popular in our society today. When a couple experience tough times or have one too many arguments, they automatically think divorce. Despite its prevalence couples are not prepared for it’s long, drawn out, hurtful process. Divorce does not only hurt the individuals involved, it also affects the children tremendously. While many people don’t think divorce is a bad thing. Hollywood makes divorce look cool and uneventful. When in all reality, it is disruptive. Some people would say that divorce is a lazy way out of a marriage; the cowardly thing to do when a situation presents itself. Divorce is not the only answer to marital problems, in most cases.

loss of the paternal function (Ancona,1998). At its core, the fatherhood crises stems from the

Divorce is a seven-letter word that can be interpreted in many ways. As simple as the word is, but the latter outcome is never the same. We find someone and fall in love with them we think we will always want to be with that person for the rest of our lives so we ask for their hand in marriage. We long for the happy ever after as we have seen in so many fairy tales. There is a period of good times and maybe even children. However, what happens when life does not turn out to be the fairy tale you so long wished or had hoped for. What then, do we try to fix things or do we end things just as fast as we started them. Do we separate ourselves from that person and move on with our lives? The questions or tasks

Relationships in general are complicated and hard to figure out, but with the right person it could be easier. There are many different kinds of relationships out there, there is difficulty, easy, meaningful, bad and many more kinds. People get married for different reasons too, some people get married for not good reasons and some for good reasons. Marriage is a very big deal and you should only get married for the right reasons.People can get a divorce so easily and do not have to wait. More needs to be done to lower the divorce rate in the United States.

However, if one of the individuals in the marriage is resisting the divorce, or situations are complex, such as children being involved, then divorces can take a long time to finalize and can become extremely messy affairs. The constant arguing, disagreements, snide comments and hateful words that occur during this time frame, which most likely started before the topic of divorce was even brought up, can take a toll on not just the two individuals whose marriage is ending, but everyone else who is involved, no matter how little their involvement is.