Common Divorce Myths

Because of its simultaneous prevalence in our society and the stigma against it, a lot of people don’t really understand the realities of divorce. A lot of myths get put out there, and people may not know what to believe. Some of the most common divorce myths are:

• Because people learn from their mistakes, second or third marriages are more likely to work out. This is one of the most common myths about divorce. While some people do indeed have happier subsequent marriages, the divorce rate for remarriages is actually higher than for first marriages. The oft-quoted “50% of marriages end in divorce” statistic is actually in part because of the higher rate of divorce for remarriages.
• Divorces cause psychological trauma for children. This is only part myth. While it is true that children of divorces tend to have more interpersonal problems than the products of happy marriages, recent studies have suggested that the children are actually responding to their parents’ conflict and not the divorce itself. Simply put, the arguments and the yelling at home are what affect the children, not the divorce itself. Because divorces are also the results of conflict at home, we tend to identify them as the cause for the children’s psychological issues, which is not exactly true.
• If you are occasionally unhappy in your marriage, it will end in divorce. While some relationships like this do indeed end in divorce, many do not. Any long-term relationship, romantic or otherwise, is bound to have its ups and downs. It’s more about how many ups there are compared to how many downs.

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