what is the conenience?
2006-10-02 07:45:01 · 15 answers · asked by emotional misstres 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I can't give you a number, but I think that is OFTEN the reason people stay married. It's not convenient to break up a household, disrupt the lives of your minor children, divide up everything you've accumulated, and start rebuilding your life after living as a couple for a long time. People get tired, lazy, and discouraged, and they just resign themselves to being unhappily married, as if that were the only option they had.
I think it's rare to find a couple who make it to 25 years or more of marriage and REALLY are happy to be together. If 50% of marriages now end in divorce, I'll be half of the ones who remain married would prefer to be single again, but can't deal with the hassles involved in breaking up.
2006-10-02 07:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by homebuyer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say a huge amount...once kids are involved..things get quite complicated..not saying its right but divorce is messy, costs a lot and neither one of you really has a full life afterwards. Marriage is hard...so hard...but the fear of the future is very scary. I do not think that people should stay together purely out of convenience because life is too short and kids are not idiots and they know when their parents arent in love and are fighting all the time... good luck with your decision.
2006-10-02 08:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Lynne B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many married people stay together for many reasons. Staying civil with eachother for the sake of the children is a big one. If you both can really offer a good home for th echildren and put your petty differences aside (assuming they are petty and not really serious) then you should.
2006-10-02 08:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by onlineseeker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of them do. Money, guilt, you get used to someone and don't want to try to find someone else, or you have children together. Some don't want to hurt the person they are with.They are all just excuses more than convenience.
2006-10-02 07:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by lost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most, after a while. The conveniences of double income, a reliable companion, shared duties, and occasional sex.
2006-10-02 07:47:49 · answer #5 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite a lot, I'd say. Reasons? Children, financials (it may not be economically feasible for one to move out). Divorce is a complicated thing, and many of us don't have the energy for it.
2006-10-02 07:53:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say more than 75 percent. That sounds awful but true. Genuine love is rare and I don't think many people have it. They want it, want to think they have it so they stay in a relationship and try to have it.
My experience: Better off alone than in bad marriage. PERIOD.
2006-10-02 07:51:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot, their life is miserable. Just look at your self not really loving
someone, but just there probably thinking about someone else. It is worst of the worst.
2006-10-02 08:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by Nicki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm one of them. My husband cheated me out of the past 2 years of my life and he's probably gonna cheat me out of more years because I can't just get up and go. There's too much to it.
2006-10-02 08:06:10 · answer #9 · answered by Carrie! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say a lot if everyone was put too the test and was a lot more honest. their would be a lot of surprised married couples out their.
2006-10-02 07:54:59 · answer #10 · answered by Ozark American 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋