Does it sometimes cross your mind?
By Yanzalong
@yanzalong (18988)
Indonesia
March 7, 2012 8:47pm CST
Do you sometimes think that your partner is not the right person you have been looking for? What would you do if you found out he or she was not at all the type of a person that you want? Would you break up, divorce her or him? If you knew she/he was not the ideal one after years of togetherness and having kids, would you have to carry on?
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@JDaw2006 (428)
• United States
8 Mar 12
This is a very hard discussion. I can sit right here all night long saying that i would so get a devorce. But to be honest deep down im not sure that i would be able to. We have to kids together and everytime that me and my husband have a fight and my husband walks out side just to get some fresh air the kids think that he is leaving for good. They throw a fit and cry and scream. I have kicked my husband out of the house one time before not but mayb 6 months ago and so that is fresh in the kids heads. Even if my husband just goes to the lake with a friend or family member my son is always looking out the window and asking if daddy is coming home. That kills me every time it happens. It makes me feel really bad that i ever kicked him out the first time i feel like it has scared my children deep down inside.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
8 Mar 12
but ultimately the kids are going to be hurt because their parents are not getting along.kids are much smarter than you take them
for and they would soon get over the divorce when there was no more tension in the air all the time. I think from you have said you both married the wrong person.Your husband would get visiting rights and there would be no more fights either. Of course its your decision and we can suggest and offer bu t you two only know if you can straighten out your problems and have a happy life again.I hope
that everything get better and you all are happy again.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 12
I fall out with my wife probably once in 3 months. When quarrel happens I always say to myself that she is not the one I have been looking for. When the quarrel is over, that feeling that tells me "she is not the one..." also disappears. In my other discussion I said if only I could go back to the past to edit what happened, I would not choose her.
@Kasiviswanathan2k (288)
• India
8 Mar 12
After married and thinking about this factor is so Bad for our Life. In my View choose the Best before marriage and married them Be happy in all Moment it never happen. But if it's happen Breakup is not good in all situation Adjustment is i take in my life.
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@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
8 Mar 12
I think everyone thinks that once in a while, maybe even more. I certainly was last night. It seems like everytime my life is down in the dumpsand I need someone, that's when she is the meanest to me.Yet when she is the one going through the bad times, I'm always there for her. but somehow, I just can't imagine my life without her. I think people divorce too quickly.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 12
I think their decision is very impulsive......based on emotional feeling. The divorce will not happen if they both think about it carefully.
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
It happened to me twice when I leave my ex-husband and my ex-boyfriend after realizing that I don't deserve the way they treated me. And thinking of not to be with them for the rest of my life being miserable. It is hard to choose from freedom and relationship that you already build for so many years but sometimes you must take your self a chance to decide for your own self and not for others. Mostly in these case children are the most effected, but somehow It is also hard to hide what the real relationship of the parents to their children. When they saw you both fighting over and over again. So far now I enjoyed being single and free from stress. Now I can say I will just wait for my great love and the right person for me.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 12
Now you see the difference, right. I's great being alone free of burden and when you do something wrong you don't hurt another person's feeling. Am I right?
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@bluespygirl (2112)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
We don't have a divorce here in our country and our culture isn't for separation. But I would still hold on to our relationship eventhough we are having a hard time. We have three kids to think of and I don't know if I can't leave without my husband. I had been to many relationships prior to marriage. My husband is not only a partner but a good friend too.
I think most of us cross minds into this kind of thought when we are having a hard time with our partners.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 12
Not having the right person, either as a girlfriend or boyfriend or a husband and wife doesn't always mean breaking up or a divorce. You are right that you have to accept what it is.
@bluespygirl (2112)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
I must add that we have to accept and work out the relationship. For me, the end would be if your partner will hurt and abuse you physically
@Mashnn (4501)
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8 Mar 12
This will depend on what he is doing that make me feels that he is not the right person. For me, there are three things that would led me to divorce my husband; first, he is unfaithful, 2nd he has a child born of wedlock that I am not aware of, third he turns to out to be violent. I believe others problems are negotiatable.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 12
I agree with you, Mashnn. I remember having the worst quarrel with my wife. She was so emotional that she spit on me. I knew she lost control. I just tried to calm down, not following what was roaring inside me. I wish my wife were soft-spoken.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 12
Yes, I've got it, Mashnn. Thank you so much. I learnt a lot from you. Have a great weekend.
@Mashnn (4501)
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9 Mar 12
I have also reacted harsly to my husband but my husband is the type of person who takes time to react. If he was like me, we would have fought alot. Most women are "big mouthed" and even if you decide to leave your wife, most probably you will end up with another one worse than your wife. You just have to learn to keep off from her when she is made or simply avoid doing things to her that would make her so mad.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
19 Mar 12
Hi Yanzalong,
I think we all have those feelings and doubts at times in any long term relationship. I DID leave my husband but it was not in a moment of emotional upset and it wasn't without much thought and trying every possible way to work things out. It was without a doubt the hardest choice to make but without a doubt the right one to make for everyone involved. When I date someone, it is the same thing. If I question that they may not be the right person for me, I sit with that feeling for a while. I don't just pounce on it and break up with the person. We are constantly growing and changing and sometimes what was right for us a few years ago, no longer is.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
8 Mar 12
hi no it never did as I felt I did marry the right person and we were married for 33 years.I have lots of great memory so never did
the thought of divorce ever cross my mind at all.I was so lucky I guess as so many have married the wrong person;if he had not been the ideal person I would have divorced him as children are hurt
by parents who fight all the time.better to cut the ties and find
people who love you and care for you and you will find the children
are happier too.I am, a widow for many years and am now happy just as I am ; I have lots of lovely memories.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 12
Congratulation Hatley. It's not easy to go through 33 years. You are very lucky to have a family that can stay this long. I think I will follow you. I hope.
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
Hmmm this is a bit hard though i mean..when you are with someone and marry that person, there is really no guarantee if he / she is the one. Sometimes or more often you will find out attitudes, characteristics that you will dislike, traits that you will hate..differences that are hard to accept. But for me, divorce, separation isn't the answer. I agreed to marry him because i will love him no matter what. but there are a couple of times where it did cross my mind - but not to the point of wanting to break up with him
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 12
This could happen to anyone who are married and have lived for some years. The feeling that he or she is not the right type should be eliminated, don't you think?
@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
13 Mar 12
Things are as simple as it is, but not as simple as it looks. In marriage when children are involved, one can no longer think about themselves, they have to place children as their priority. Even if they are not our ideal partners, we still have to carry on, for the sake of children, allowing them to have a complete family. If there are no children involved, it's only right for us to think for ourselves. If we are not happy being with them, we should leave. There's no point in staying on since love is not like that in the first place.
@bluespygirl (2112)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
We don't have a divorce here in our country and our culture isn't for separation. But I would still hold on to our relationship eventhough we are having a hard time. We have three kids to think of and I don't know if I can't leave without my husband. I had been to many relationships prior to marriage. My husband is not only a partner but a good friend too.
I think most of us cross minds into this kind of thought when we are having a hard time with our partners.
@cearn25 (3456)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
I could sometimes think that my boyfriend isn't the one for me especially every time we are fighting. There would no day we will not fight. I don't know why although I love him so much. Anyway, with regards to your second question, I would not want to prolong and suffer much from a relationship. There is no reason anymore to stay.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
8 Mar 12
Even if a person is not married yet but have been in a relationship with someone for a long year, this thought will come to our mind. The difference is that we can break up easily even if it would hurt us so bad. It would be really tough for married couples when they suddenly realized they don't love the person they're married with. Because they have to consider not only themselves... but they have to think about their kids welfare and future too and how would their kids feel. Since I have never been in such situation, it would be easy for me to say that yes I would still carry on and stay married with the person whom I don;t love anymore. I am not sure if I would say or do the same thing if I am really in that situation. I have seen some friends in that situation and I see them struggling and had a really tough time deciding what they wanna do with their life.
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 12
You are right, enelym001. Kids really help us forget the problem. It is because of the kids I always calm down when quarrel happens. I understand why my wife is easily upset and angry. I was told menstruation causes women to be easily angry. So , I understand that and never get angry when she is angry.
@Lisona (177)
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8 Mar 12
I agree it is a very hard discussion, because it comes under so many levels, boyfriend/girlfriend,marriage,life long commitment. Everyone has own views and personal experiences. You could keep looking for your soul mate in a life time, doesn't mean to say you will get your soul mate. If your partner is like you best friend then its right :0)
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 12
If the persons are not married yet, that doesn't really matter when they find that they don't fit in to each other. One of them can just have it off his chest, right? It is going to be a very difficult problem when one finds that his or her partner is not the right person after so many years of marriage.