Divorce on the rise UK

[domalino]

So many questions

Same, I think a marriage certificate is about £100.

 

[Stephen Ireland's pants]

Never a good idea to marry a woman you bummed the first time you met her < especially if it was up her wrong un > My mate married a brass he rattled in Thailand about 3 days later . It lasted longer that I thought it would .

 

[domalino]

Marriage is outdated but the law has never changed so you can cohabit and have the rights marriage brings

That would be a reason for marriage to drop, not divorce to rise.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Been with my partner for almost 8 years. I've accepted we may have to get married but I'm thinking of the tax benefits, neither of us are the type for big showy days out and to be honest I couldn't be doing with all the hangers on trying to make the day about them. A day in the registry office will do.

Some of the happiest couples I've known are not married. Some of the married couples I know should never have got married at all. I'd hate to be dating again as it seems we live in a catalogue society, where you can be dropped for next to no reason. Was only chatting to the lads about this yesterday as I've got a recently single mate who has been randomly dropped by women after having nice dates and receiving nice messages. I think being constantly told to "aim higher" doesn't apply to every walk of life. Another human being isn't a job promotion.

 

[domalino]

Yet I look at my Aunt and her husband, 58 years married, and still very close and happy. Soulmates. However, I think this will become more rare. People are much more demanding these days and less inclined to compromise

For every story of true love like your aunt and uncle there’s 100 people who stuck together that long despite being deeply unhappy because of religion or because divorce was frowned upon or because they were scared of being alone.

I’m sure you’re right that 40,50,60 year marriages will become rarer, but I think if people are genuinely soul mates, they’ll stick together.

 

[mackenzie]

For every story of true love like your aunt and uncle there’s 100 people who stuck together that long despite being deeply unhappy because of religion or because divorce was frowned upon or because they were scared of being alone.

I’m sure you’re right that 40,50,60 year marriages will become rarer, but I think if people are genuinely soul mates, they’ll stick together.

I agree.
There was little to no chance of "escape" for the generation before. In fact, divorce was a luxury afforded to only the "upper class" for the first half of the 19th century.

Yet I think there are some couples that married in the 1950s and 1960s (or, indeed, before that) that got through any "issues" and turned out stronger for the experience.

I think we do those couples a disservice to suggest otherwise

 

[aguero93:20]

Never been married, but I was with my ex for 20 years. Marriage was on the cards but give her the option of a wedding or a new kitchen. She chose the kitchen.

Sounds like a keeper, what happened?

 

[Ghandi's Flip Flops]

Sounds like a keeper, what happened?

Typical woman I suppose. Hedged her bets thinking she'd end up with both eventually.

 

[Barcon]

Sounds like a keeper, what happened?

I'll guess that she got the kitchen, which improved the value of the house and then said, I want a divorce and we're selling up.
I base this on exactly what happened to my mate.

 

[aguero93:20]

I'll guess that she got the kitchen, which improved the value of the house and then said, I want a divorce and we're selling up.
I base this on exactly what happened to my mate.

They weren't married, so she would be up the creek there.