Many clients approach our law firm for help at the very beginning stages of divorce — sometimes when they are even
just thinking about divorce.
It is crazy to
think about divorce at a time like that because it seems like the time you would need help more than anything.
He then cites social science, stating that most couples
who think about divorce but stay married are happy with that decision five years later.
I stopped directly asking that question, but as the years went by, I heard that people spend a long
time thinking about divorce before acting on it.
Based on this analysis combining many questions, 53 percent of spouses who had
thought about divorce recently were soft thinkers; 47 percent were serious thinkers.
As a matter of fact, 1 out of 6 marriages have online roots and are pretty much doing well, with both partners
never thinking about divorce.
Even «soft,»
occasional thoughts about divorce can color people's perceptions of a relationship, shaping their feelings in more negative ways that can make marriages less satisfying and more fragile.
We hope the findings from our study can help those who are
thinking about divorce understand how common their thoughts are and maybe even make them a little less scary.
Yes, sometimes those thoughts are frequent and stem from serious, even dangerous, problems,
so thoughts about divorce may take people in that direction appropriately.
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about Thinking About Divorce?
Of course, I will talk with them about traditional litigation, which is the court battle that often comes to mind when
people think about divorce.
The Divorce Options program welcomes
anyone thinking about divorce or other relationship transitions including co-habitating couples with children or LGBT couples looking for a process aware and respectful of their unique needs.