How We Can Reduce Divorce Rate In The World?
It's painful when I read about married couples breaking apart especially the ones with children. Divorce rate all ove ther world has risen tremendously and has become an issue that we all should be concernet about else we are going to have children who have missed some few fatherly or motherly hugs. Have you ever thought of the traumatic effects broken homes have on children and youths? How would you feel if your Dad called you one day just to tell you he is seperating from your Mum? I just cannot imagine it, divorce is a great problem and I would like you to drop your 2 cents on how we can curb this menace that is eating deep into our society.
From my own point of view, the reasons why families break up can be attributed to incompartibility, lack of understanding, lack of trust, lack of respect, inability to handle finances etc. It's surprising how people enter into marriage very excited with the feelings that have found their better half and then after one year or even less, they begin to quarrel and fight. I want to suggest that before you ever walk down the aisle to so "I Do" a whole lot of things should be put into consideration. Couples should spend more time with each other in order to understand their seperate self. But before you understand anyone it is also pertinent that you understand yourself as a whole, most people fail to understand that it all starts from self. Most of the good relationships I have seen always start up as being very good friends, as friends nobody gets to pretent to the other about anything, you are given the opportunity to know what your partner can do or cannot do, as friends there is no pretence as every action is exhibited without any form of cautiousness. When you go into a relationship and your partner knows you probably might settle down very soon, she could pretend just about anything and it is only after marriage you begin to see the reall person.
For couples already married it is still possible to work out your differences though might be a bit difficult but it is very possible that is why it is important for couples to as their partners about how they are faring in the relationship. You should ask your partner questions like "what do I do you don't like", so she could tell you and you make amends. Married couples should learn to ease off stress, we live in a stressful world and there are times when the stress gets to you and you find some emotional people throwing it back to their partners instead of trying to manage the situation. Married people should learn to handle their emotions especially in times of difficulties when things are no longer as rosy as it used to be.
Another major reason for divorce is infidelity. It pains me when I see married men cheat on their wives, you can imagine a married man chasing after a younger girl or a married woman keeping a sugar boy, that is terrible. In as much as I criticize this but I would also like to talk about the cause of this. Women please try to keep yourself attractive at all time so your man would always want you, men should also try to imagine their wives as their personal female movie star, you can see your wife in so many ways it all depends. For the women who keep younger men, sex could be the problem; men should learn to satisfy their women in bed, there aer so many womderful information on the internet that can help achieve this. If sex is a problem then it should be dicussed between the two parties.
We can reduce divorce rate by doing what we have and need to do. Divorce can be curbed if couples have an understanding of themselves, couples should also learn not to involve a third party in their affair, they should learn to handle things themselves, maybe get books on marriage relationships et al.
Great post! You are very insightful and have good advice within your article!
Thanks kikibird!
Rise in feminism is a big factor in the rise in divorce rates. In a relationship between two, marriage or not, usually one of them has to compromise & the other to dominate to a certain degree. Traditionally & psychologically its a man's role.
Another reason is love marriages, arranged marriages stand a better chance in my opinion, you can compare divorce rates of an eastern society to a western one.
As I always say, a marriage thrives on love, but survives on mutual trust & a sense of obligation.
Wow, your opinion will hit the western audience as culture shock, when women here read about your views of male dominance and arranged marriages! You are a brave boy! lol!
westerners have no idea how their universal ideas are looked upon with disdain in the east.....besides I think having divorced parents would give me a certain degree of edge here ;-)
Actual, Syed, I personally understand how disdainful much of our culture and beliefs are in the Eastern nations. I had a vision, if you will, after 9/11 that hit me in a public place and instantaneously opened my eyes to how it is we are perceived abroad. I wrote about it in a comment under Dr. Andrew's site....will have to look it up. What I communicated there is probably very unsettling for people here to read.
@ Syed nice one but I must disagree with your opinion about arranged marriages. Well, what works in your part of the world might not work in some other parts. How can you possibly get married to someone you barely know? Mutual trust like you said is what keeps a relationship.
To Syed about arranged marriages, please watch The Other End of the Line!
This is a cute movie about prearranged marriages!
Syed, here' s the link to Dr. Andrew Smith's article on Xomba where I made my comment. http://www.xomba.com/more-about-why-yuppies-are-blight-upon-land
I am going through a moment myself right now. Very objective post with a lot of understanding. Good Job.