The Top Ten Myths of Divorce

Here's the list.  Many of these are commonly believed but wrong.

1. Because people learn from their bad experiences, second marriages tend to be more successful than first marriages.
2. Living together before marriage is a good way to reduce the chances of eventually divorcing.
3. Divorce may cause problems for many of the children who are affected by it, but by and large these problems are not long lasting and the children recover relatively quickly.
4. Having a child together will help a couple to improve their marital satisfaction and prevent a divorce.
5. Following divorce, the woman’s standard of living plummets by seventy three percent while that of the man’s improves by forty two percent.
6. When parents don’t get along, children are better off if their parents divorce than if they stay together.
7. Because they are more cautious in entering marital relationships and also have a strong determination to avoid the possibility of divorce, children who grow up in a home broken by divorce tend to have as much success in their own marriages as those from intact homes.
8. Following divorce, the children involved are better off in stepfamilies than in single-parent families.
9. Being very unhappy at certain points in a marriage is a good sign that the marriage will eventually end in divorce.
10. It is usually men who initiate divorce proceedings.

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The Bottom Line:  Divorce is incredibly bad for everyone involved.  Do everything you can to avoid it.

See my previous posts on divorce:

• The Marriage Gap
• U.S. Divorce Rate the Lowest Since 1970
• 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse
• The Myth of Christian Divorce
• Tips for Financial Independence

(HT haha.nu)