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For those who are divorced, what is the main cause of your failed marriage? Do you regret it?

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ScreamingFox · 41-45, F
I realized I was doing everything, but his way. He was a very unhappy person and I was the good energy. Things got very distant when I lost weight, he wasn't an active person. I had our son and I realized I got anxious every day at 4 on the dot and it was because he was coming home from work. We started sleeping separately and one night decided we should get divorced. It was amicable.

No regrets. I don't love him and I was draining myself trying to make him happy.
HoeBag · 46-50, F
Do not regret.
Basically our marriage had "run it's course" and we basically wanted our lives back.
Amicable.

We still get along, we are friends, still love each other, just the whole "marriage" bit wasn't working.

People get in relationships or marriages and suddenlt there are all these rules and expectations. Just too much drama and tension.
robertsnj · 56-60, M
@HoeBag that makes a lot of sense
peterlee · M
My first wife developed schizophrenia two years into the marriage. I became her carer. The dynamic changed. It was more like father and daughter.Eventually she found a young bf. Married him.

Painful at the time. I moved on different, but stronger.
I was tired of always trying to sooth him and make him happier. He was very volatile and i spent every day walking on egg shells. We never talked. He never touched me. Then i found out about all the women. Done. No regrets
In the divorce process. We could never resolve our communication and other issues, despite all the counseling, etc. There's more to it, but in the end it really just doesn't matter. We have two great sons together, but not enough that worked between us to save the marriage.

If not for my sons, I'd have left a lot sooner.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
She wouldn't or couldn't grow up.
She'd throw tantrums and be violent at times.

You can cope with that for a while. For the sake of your children.
But you can't live your life in fear of the next one.

Especially if you've been hospitalised by it.
Adrift · 61-69, F
I knew a guy who after 15 years of marriage just woke up one morning and said to his wife.
I'm getting a divorce.
He couldn’t really say why, he just said he realized he didn't love her anymore.
I think all his annoyances and frustrations just built up over time.
It seemed really out of the blue.
SW-User
We couldn't grow together and we wanted separate things. No regrets from me because I could finally have relief and strength
HoeBag · 46-50, F
@SW-User I think in some cases, people just want their lives back. Maybe nothing "Bad" happened, just the situation had run it's course.
lissah · 36-40, F
Infidelity. Both marriages. My only regret was i didnt leave sooner. The first time i stayed 3 years. The second time i stayed 1 week.
JesseInTX · 51-55, M
It became a sexless marriage after the birth of our second child. She lost all interest in sex. That led to other issues and eventually the divorce.
SlippingAway · 46-50, F
He was a severe alcoholic and we had a very unhappy and unhealthy relationship. I do not regret the divorce. I only regret that I didn't do it sooner.
Stuffy · 61-69, F
The main cause of the failed marriage?

1. Could be that I never really wanted to get married.
2. Growing ever further apart.
3. No good intimacy, physical and otherwise.
4. Money, never enough, always strained and different attitudes about how to handle money and poor communication about it.
5.Poor communication in general.
6. Married too young or too immature.
7. Is one of us gay?
8. Oh yeah infidelity lol but of course with all those problems.
9. Mental illness going into it and throughout.
10. Porn addiction
Achelois · F
Happily divorced, he was abusive.

It was emotionally draining.
meggie · F
He wouldn't work and was very violent and controlling.
meggie · F
@peterlee he would never of provided for a family if I had kids. He was a total dreamer that thought he'd be a movie star, rock singer, model etc. But you are right, there are a lot like that.
peterlee · M
@meggie Children are an important factor in a new relationship. If the new partner does not get on with the children, it is heading for disaster.
meggie · F
@peterlee that's right. If we'd had kids too he would of used them to control me.
wackidywack · 26-30
irreconcilable differences. oh wait im not supposed to be here
A child was born.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Lack of communication and yes
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22Michelle · 70-79, T
@MyMonstersAreReal Could have agreed to share cock.
robertsnj · 56-60, M
@MyMonstersAreReal I have a divorced female friend that that happened to. She was almost asexual (or maybe asexual?) and she didn't mind the lack of sex but loved his soft feminine side without reading between the lines.
22Michelle · 70-79, T
@robertsnj The secret is to be honest and open with each other.
SkeetSkeet · 100+, F
45 years of a sexless marriage
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