Divorce Quotes - Page 9

But the main problem with our marriages was not that our husbands wouldn’t share the housework but that we were unbelievably irritable young women and our husbands irritated us unbelievably. - The D Word

They hadnt enjoyed each others company in years. Talking led to screaming and both were sick of the fights.

I don't know how many marriage breakups are caused by these movie-and television-addicted women expecting some bouquets and kissing and hugging and being swept out like Cinderella for dinner and dancing - then getting mad when a poor, scraggly husband comes in tired and sweaty from working like a dog all day, looking for some food.

FatherMichael:
OK we should get on with this; I don’t want to be late for my 2 o’clock. First I have to ask, is there anyone in here who thinks there is any reason why these two should not be married?
LonelyLady:
Yes.
SureOne:
I could give more than one reason.
Buttercup:
Hell yes.
SoOverHim:
DON’T DO IT!

She is afraid of divorce, which will free her, as she was not enough afraid of marriage, which trapped her.

Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife

True respect means accepting someone and honoring his or her thoughts and feelings.

Indeed, infatuation thrives on image (while love thrives on knowledge).

Trust is the bedrock of intimacy; it is the ability to rely on someone because you believe that he or she has your best interest at heart.

No matter how great the initial chemistry is, if your values are on two different pages, the odds of your marriage working decrease significantly.

The words marriage and divorce were always used together, like they went hand in hand together.

But there's no emergency kit for marriage. No neat plan you can turn to when the ground shifts beneath your feet.

I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought u wanted and steering you into all kinds of other stuff, like discussions about your mother's girdle and whether she should marry someone else.

Marriage is not 50-50. Divorce is 50-50. Marriage has to be 100-100. It isn't dividing everything in half, but giving everything you've got!

One way to be sure you are not making the wrong decision, is to look
vertically upwards

For him, she was the evil one; the antagonist to his life story. The reason he was married at an early age.
And to her, he would always be her infatuation gone horribly wrong.

Every success and failure of any relationship is two-sided. No matter how thin, the pancake always has two sides. Yes, I blew my marriages. And so did they.

They throw rice at a new marriage, then give him beans in a divorcement.

Divorce is a marital welfare. It's just couples asking society to bail them out because they didn't do enough research before they got married. How is that our fault? Don't drag down my country's statistics just because you ran off and got hitched before you ever saw each other in a bad mood.

Your partner may have injuries that you can't repair. Your partner may be trapped in a dark room without windows. Your life narrative might bring him more relief than an opiate. Some people make better windows than windows. Your kind words and enlightened perspective is a window of wonders to someone living in pain.
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