Divorce: Blessing or Curse?

India
December 13, 2007 5:07am CST
What do you think about divorce? Do you feel a couple have to stay together all through life, although they can't get along because, after all, marriages are made in heaven and man/woman has no right to break the bond? I sometimes feel sorry for my great grandparents. I don't think they really enjoyed their life. Enjoyment after all, was considered to be a sin. Many of my ancestors were not supposed to even talk to their spouses in public. What would they have done if they had the option of divorce? Would they have divorced and tried to find happiness with another person? Or, since there is no perfection in anyone, should we stick to one person all our life and make it work somehow? Please give your views on divorce. Is a divorcee a sinner? Or is divorce a blessing that releases you from a person you have begun to loathe instead of love?
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9 responses
• India
13 Dec 07
Well i feel there is always sides of a coin and same is here.Divorce is a blessing as well a curse.. Lets take an example, a women is married to a man who does not respect her..He beats his wife when he is drunk and do not take care for her, in short he doesnt love her least botheres about her and his realtionship and has kids also.In such a case women obviously wont be happy with that person.She did every possible thing to make him realise that he is making their life hell and even his kids but still he is not bothered.So here i feel a divorce would releive her from this pain and she can then better take care of her children so here a divirce is a blessing.. I agree that marriages are made in heaven and it is a pure relationship..During marriages vows are taken that in good as well as bad times the couple wont leave each other..So i feel people should take marriage seriously and wont go for divorce for small reasons.I mean where there need to make an adjustment it should be done realising the situation..There are people who cannot adjust and because their tastes are different they apply for divorce thinking the relationship wont work..So here the divorce is a curse..
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• India
14 Dec 07
That's a good point of view, paradise! :)
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 07
Divorce is a sad thing to happen between a married couple. Sometimes however the peoples interests have moved apart, they get on very badly and do not love each other anymore. In this case getting divorced is perhaps a good idea. In the past many couples lived with the good or bad, the richer or poorer or the in good health or sickness type of idea. They stayed together no matter what and tried hard to solve any problems in the marriage. Nowadays many married couples do not try as hard as this. They see a nicer partner and go off with them. They argue and get on each others nerves so they can't stand one another anymore. I think people should try harder in marriage to be good friends as well with honesty and open communication. Divorce should should a last resort. It is an upsetting thing to go through and it affects children for as much as two years. If a wife or husband is violent or abusive I think that getting divorced will be a blessing that ends misery. It will be great for the couple to be apart, stop the hurt and give the children a new safe life.
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• India
14 Dec 07
True, maximax, very true. But sometimes, people can be great friends when they are far away, and bitter enemies when they live together. So, in the name of friendship, it is better to move apart, if you find yourselves fighting like cats and dogs, correct? :)
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
13 Dec 07
to me it was a blessing. there is no used to staying in a marriage that you are getting abused in or fell out of love with either one must have thought they were in love and really wasnt! I saw marriges that were pure heel on the poeple and the kids. So i think far better to get a divorce than stay in something that is far worse. and no one getig divorced is a sinner ! Better to move on and find a sould mate that you can learn to live with for even if you are soul mates ya have to work at the marriage
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• India
13 Dec 07
Hi positiveminded1977, In my opinion divorce is a curse.What will the divorced couple will do after getting separated.Stay individually.If they stay individually they will not get the real entrtainment, because they cannot have a famil of four to have humor.Or they are going to get married again.There also they cannot live comfortably. When they were unable to be comfortable in their first marriage, how can we expect them to be comfortable in their 2nd marriage. Divorce is not a solution, it is escapism. Coming to your point of grandparents and ancestors. They were happy according to the culture of those days. If you ask them about divorce they will say it is a big sin. The entire thrill in life is being there only if married people are together life long. The goodness of a shadow will be known only when you suffer from hot sun.
• United States
13 Dec 07
"What will the divorced couple will do after getting separated.Stay individually" Why would they stay single? They'd meet someone and move on with their life. "how can we expect them to be comfortable in their 2nd marriage." Remember riding a bike as a kid? Remember how many times you fell off and scraped your knees? What if you fell off once, scraped your knee and quit riding after that? Same thing with divorce. Sometimes it takes a scraped knee or a broken heart or two to find the one you love. "were happy according to the culture of those days. " Wrong. They were stuck. Happiness may have been true in some instances, but for the most part, they were stuck with someone because divorce was a taboo subject.
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• India
14 Dec 07
I agree with you perfectly, unselfishshellfish... gosh, your username is a real tonguetwister.. :)
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
13 Dec 07
Hello,positiveminded! divorce,in my opinion,is a curse.marriages are made in the heaven,you have blessed by the God.you have no right to cut off relationship at your whim.in a married life the couple have spent so many intimate times and not learnt the art of living.to lead a successful married life the couple should regard the feelings of each other and adjust to any circumstance.if not question of divorce arises and life become the worse.after divorce what they will do?get married again?what is the guarantee that the second marriage would be successful.so be satisfied with the first marriage and don't invite hell to your life.thanks a lot.all the best.
• India
14 Dec 07
You are right, my friend. But marriages were made in heaven, and the condition in heaven is not the same as it is on earth. A bit difficult to live with a match made in heaven, which doesn't fit on earth, right?
@zichen3 (132)
• China
13 Dec 07
I think divoce is the best way to two person not in love. This is a good way to persue the freedom, the new life, the better lover. My Uncle and auntie say ' good bye ' friendly. Because they don't love each one. So the divoce is the best way to them. 'I don't like you, I don't want to live with you'. So, say "good bye" friendly. No curse, no quarrel.
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@mksneha (861)
• India
13 Dec 07
I think divorse is a curse
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@chunter (1759)
• Singapore
13 Dec 07
Divorce is definitely always a curse... The fact is, if you and the partner have taken a long time to consider marriage, why should there be the thought of divorce? Like you said, marriage is made in heaven, and both have exchanged wedding vows...through thick and thin.... There should never be any reason for divorce...If there is, why get married in the first place... But looking at the hollywood celebrities all taking marriage and divorce for granted....its just sad to know that many people have no idea what marriage is about in the first place....
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• India
14 Dec 07
Chunter, thanks for the response! Circumstances change. When a person gets married, he/she believes he/she will never divorce no matter what. Actually, a newly married couple don't even think of divorce. It all happens later, when circumstances change.:)
• Pakistan
13 Dec 07
we cant say that divorce is a blessing or curse,if there is hell lot of tensions between da couples and cant work out da problems then i guess da only option left is divorce so here it would be a blessing,but then divorce is a thing which puts end to a married relation so its sort of curse too,hope i am right