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Recently at my shul a few couples are getting divoced, and someone I know made the comment, "My husband and I better move, or else we'll be getting one too."

I mean she loves her husband they are beshuts (sp?), so they wouldn't get one, but she was just pointing out the fact at how scary it was happening so often.

It got me thinking, do you think it's contagious, or just something that is so common and accepted now?

Why do you think divorce is so high now?

And hey this could be a whole dicussion about marriage and all that good stuff?


It's kind of bothering me, since my boyfriend and I put our realtionship on hold until he's done with the yeshiva and I'm close to being done converting. >.> so i'm all like dude.. ::cling::

Yea that's what I'm thinking Divash. That Divorce it's self isn't contagious, but it's one of thos taboo things, so once one person does it first them other do it too. (not so much that now, in the society we live in, but yet it kind of still is)

It's really sad though, I feel horrid for these people. It's like you had so much of your life almost seemingly for nothing. sad

It was funny the one friend whom was telling us this was like , "my husband and I were talking, he was like I love you I know I do, I won't want a divorse, do you?" and she was like " I don't think I want a divorse, but it's just weird cause i'm thinking about hwo I feel now." so

then my other friend was like "well you can stand your husbadn right? If you can't stand to live with him then it's time god forbid, but it'll be for the best."
and then the main friend was thinking for a minute then randomly was like "well what if you can't think of living without them?"

then the other friend and me were like almost at the same time" well you love them then." It was funny and cute how she said it.

>.> yea it's almost one in the mornign so my like conversation story telling ability is out the window

yea, that's my idea about the whole rise too. Plus like society is changing and people are like.. not wanting companion so much I guess. That's why my aunt got divorsed she didn't want to be someone's wife.

I don't know.

It's weird how things are sometimes, and this is one of thsoe weird times.

How do you even know when you have the right person though? that's a big thing I wonder sometimes.

Hee hee this could be a fun girlie talk thing mrgreen

What do you want in a guy kings?

yea that's me too, a die hard romantic. I think the same thing, when you find your soul mate you just know it. I don't believe in love at first sight thought, maybe first conversation, but not sight.

Are you left handed?

In my opinion divorce is not contagious. It's true that more than half of all couples end up in divorce. I think a lot of it comes from where people marry too young or too soon in the relationship. A lot of younger people (by that I mean 25 and under) are getting married in less then a year of being with someone and that's not enough time. Granted they get that feeling of "If we're going to be together it doesn't matter if we're married sooner or later!" But I really think time tells. You're still in a honeymoon period at that point so you don't really know.

I also think it has to do with children leaving the home. A lot of people get married with the same principles: marriage, career, and children. They have the marriage- check. Career- check. Once they retire and the children leave home, a lot of people find they have eelss to talk about. In the generation before it was normal. You didn't divorce, you just got comfortable and that was that. Now with all the new stuff comign around for rediscovering your midlife, lives being longer, and things like "40 is the new 30 and 30 is the new 20!" people are finding they have less in common. If you have nothing in common anymore, why stay married?

I think also it has to do with quality of life while married. Not to rag on men, but it used to be acceptable (maybe not openly but still..) for a man to raise a hand to his wife and kids. You didn't divorce not matter how bad it got. You just didn't do it. Now with the new vantage point on the rights of women and children it's not okay and there are agenices to actually help them get away and get divorced.

Just my opinion though.

Yeah basically. But see, like most lefties, I've had to adapt to the right handed world, so I also happen to be a rightie as well. It's convienent, but I do love my left hand.

I think it's a girl thing. You know, with our chick flicks and novels. wink

As far as loving someone upon first conversation, I definitely think that you can determine whether you can see yourself liking or loving someone...but fool on loving them, not so much.

I want someone to tell me a cutesy story about their relationship!

I always love hearing success stories of people who meet online. I dunno why, but I think it's much more romantic. Congratulations with finding your bashert! xd