Do you KNOW any UNHAPPILY MARRIED people?

Question

Do you see an unhappy marriage as a waste of life?

Answer 1

yes,.but they are afraid to be alone. i find that sooo sad.life is NOT a rehearsal!

Answer 2

It's a lot easier for me to name unhappily married couples than happily married couples. Most, but not all, marriages start out with people very much in love and committed. Then reality sets in. Show me a person who has been married 25 years and I will show you either an unhappy couple or a couple in which one of the parties has totally submitted and given control to the other. The very best marriages that I see are people who married in their 20s and have become great friends. They are not romantic but they do love each other and enjoy the same activities and have the same basic values. It's not about their looks or attractiveness anymore. Money also helps. If they don't have financial worries, they are happier of course.

Answer 3

To be honest I grew up the child of an unhappy marriage, my grandparents were unhappily married and then my brother .. I watched all but my Grandparents marriage crumble! My friends, and other family members have all been married and some divorced and I'd say 75% are unhappy ....

I basically decided when I got married I'd marry my best friend so at least in the end if the attraction faded we'd still be friends.

Answer 4

Yes, I know a few unhappily married people. I actually used to be one for thirteen years. The entire time I was thinking what a waste of life. Sad but true. I go divorced in my early thirties and hard as it was to succeed financially, I've never been more at peace with myself and I had a huge sense of new found freedom that only escape can bring. I have never desired to go back to the bad marriage.

Answer 5

I have seen several unhappy marriages here in Thailand. It may be considered a waste of life but for for the foreigner married to a Thai lady it can be a lose lose situation. That is not to say they are all unhappy. Like everywhere there are a very large percentage of inter racial married couples who are very happy together.
Penelope Yelsopee. You are making a generalisation which does not hold true. My late English wife and I were married for 2 months short of 37 years when she died. Neither one of us had submitted. We had an equal relationship. Apart from the fact that I worked a lot of overtime, my wife's salary was the same as mine. Everything we had was paid for 50% 50%. Why would anybody need to be in charge.

Answer 6

I do know of some unhappy married people and it is a very sad way to live. Most of the time they are staying together because of the kid(s). What they don't really understand is that it's making them and the kid(s) very unhappy and they might be missing out on a lot of things. so yes, it is a very large waste of time. if you or a friend is in an unhappy relationship, before it is too late, get out.

Answer 7

Yeah! Yeah! One in UK. Couple now separated. Their three children, all females left in another country to suffer, doing "PROSTITUTION" to survive. Unhappy marriage, wasted life!

Answer 8

yea i do think so...but if you can work it out and still love each other then why not..but if theres just no love for each other then i dont see a reason of keeping the marriage on the run..maybe remaining as friends would be a great idea and it cud be a better relationship between the two of u.

Answer 9

I know people who are sometimes unhappy but it all balances out in the end. Your life (and marriage) is what you make it.
"Let's give it another 20 years, shall we and see how it pans out" Basil Faulty (Jon Cleese)

Answer 10

Yup, and they have unhappily ruined there daughter's perspective on life. And I'm unhappily going to knock them out for it.

Answer 11

Yes and Yes