Divorce in America in 2009 – What’s love got to do, got to do with it?

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Permalink Reply by Petrona Jenkins on January 27, 2009 at 10:17pm

I think there's so much divorce because, lack of attention, sex, finances, sharing, and you both just get bored to one another. We as women love attention from our husbands. With sex, you got to try some new things. We are so tired to the same positions etc. We as a couple must learn to share and be able to handle finances without the drama. Money really really cause problems in marriages. A lot of marriages are held together bacause of the kids. We just hate to bring all that into their lives. By the way yes MY PRESIDENT BARACK and 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, IS GOING TO CHANGE THIS THING AROUND.

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Permalink Reply by Pastor YAZ on January 28, 2009 at 12:36am

To BE HONEST about the WHOLE MARRIAGE thing!! People get MARRIAGE and having a WEDDING confused. GOD honors MARRIAGE HE does not say anything about the WEDDING! Also, some have fail to truly understand "What GOD has joined together let no man put us under". GOD does not join everybodt together, some people put themselves together BUT yet GOD still honors MARRIAGE because that is HIS word!! TRUE MARRIAGE takes place before the WEDDING....MARRIAGE starts with the SPIRITUAL CONNECTION and LOVE that a MAN and a WOMAN have for one another. Because TRULY if the TWO realize that when the 2 get married...the 2 becomes 1." True the things that you mention is TRUE as a result of not having GOD in the MIDST of your MARRIAGE! SEX is good but not to use it as a BARGAINING tool. Finances are good but NOT to use it to IDENTIFY who we are in life. Let me stop i think I have said enough because this can go on and on!! BUT by all means Our Black PRESIDENT is not the SAVIOR!! GOD IS!! Change start with self!!!

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Permalink Reply by Latrice James Russ on January 27, 2009 at 10:51pm

I am divorced and have been for the last 12 years. I was 17 when I got married and he was 21. He did not know how to be a father. I also believe that we were too young to be married because we both was coming from a home that was broken and not knowing how or what it takes to make a marriage work. He tried very hard to be the best husband he could be. He just did not know how to share me with the children.

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl Brown on January 28, 2009 at 10:28pm

Some times divorce happens when you grow up and grow apart. The person that you were in your twenties aren't the same person you are in your thirties and forties. Thing change, people change. If you're not changing together..you grow apart. Divorce is a choice...an option and we as free citizens are use to having choices and options. We often choose to exercise the options instead of living in regret.

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl K. Smith on January 29, 2009 at 9:39pm

All of the above and so many more reasons. I think most people have false perceptions of what marriage life will be like. Their ideas are based on fantasy... romance novels, fairy tales, movies, etc. Sure, the novels and movies portray and/or describe difficult times that often reflect events you can relate to and things you have gone through, but in movies and novels the problems occur, they get resolved, the story ends and the credits roll....THE END! However, in a real marriage, in any relationship, the resolution of one problem is typically followed by the evolution of another. There is no "THE END".... so divorce becomes the END we are looking for!

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