If love conquers all then why is the divorce rate very high?

Answer 1

Love only conquers all if it is there to do the conquering. But it must be nurtured. Many times it is replaced by pure selfishness and sometimes it was not even there to start with. (Immature lust is strong at first and weakens quickly.) When true love is carefully nurtured, it does conquer all. That means treating your lovers feelings as equally important as your own or sometimes even sacraficing for each other. That kind of love is hard to kill. Love does require care to maintain - just as a tree needs water, or it slowly dies.

Answer 2

American divorce courts favor women, who see the system as an easy---and profitable way of acquiring security of life.

Three basic divorce court perks favored for women:

1) Child custody/ child support-- Nearly ALL divorced moms get custody of the kids, which begets child support. Those getting it way overwhelm the number not getting it from deadbeat dads; albeit the latter is tragic. The percentage of those women getting child support are showing they ABUSE it far from it's court intended purpose. Divorce court laws are under radical review: If child support is to be heavily enforced, child support USE will also be monitored.

2) COMMUNITY PROPERTY: Sweet for the divorcee who gets HALF of a "kingdom"---especially if hubby is rich. Little wonder why rich married couples are more bound to wind up in divorce court.

3) Freedom!!! Do I hear an amen here??? The divorcee is FREE to snag her another man. And there are women who marry, have kids and divorce as a cottage industry. It really is an urban legend that a divorce mom w/ kids stands a good chance of never remarrying.

Level the divorce court perks, privileges and playing field currently favoring women---where divorce court finally IS fair---and you'll see a slam-brake slowdown in divorces pending; which explains the coming divorce court revisions.

Answer 3

Well, love doesn't conquer all! Love alone doesn't erase fundamental character flaws. It doesn't confer the ability to balance a budget, make ethical choices, or heal the horrible events that contribute to many divorces (like the loss of a child).

Love can provide motivation to improve one's self, to make wiser decisions and to break through barriers so a couple heals together. However, people must make choices and carry them out through action. Ideals may provide the potential to overcome all, but only actions can do the work.

Answer 4

That love doesn't have the same authenticity as our grandparent's love. "Love" could be for the love of SELF and this could steer someone in the direction of divorce. Ulterior motives are involved in these modern marriages. I still believe "love conquers all"... for some it may be the LOVE of power, money, or self image. These divorcees shouldn't be the ones who determine what love is. The media influences them and not a true divine source.

Answer 5

Selfishness conquers love. We live in a culture of selfish individualism. What's with all this his and hers bank accounts and all that other separatism? People get married for very many wrong and very few right reasons.

Our whole society is one of disposability and convenience. Who stays with their employer for a full career anymore? How many people throw up their hands and try to declare bankruptcy instead of being responsible in their personal finances? People buy greeting cards with other people's preprinted sentiments for several dollars each rather than taking the time to author something genuine for themselves.

Marriage is the latest thing and it's time to throw it away when it becomes inconvenient or (like stock timing) it is a personally efficient time to exit. A lot of our society is very sick.

Answer 6

It takes more than just being "in love" to make a marriage work. You need friendship, commitment, compatibility (in all things including mundane day to day living in the same house kind of things), and most of all not being selfish.

I had a friend who married a man because she was "in love" but they weren't really friends (in was mostly physical) and couldn't get along living together day in and day out. They were divorced 1.5 years after they got married. You can't just be "in love" and expect things to work.

Answer 7

Because there is no love in a divorce. That's why it can't be conquered!!

Answer 8

Cuz the couple has fallen out of love. :(

If 2 people love ea other, and continue to work at treating their relationship with the respect it deserves (ie: not taking it for granted), then u would see alot less divorce happening.

Answer 9

Unconditional love will conquer all but typically with financial, moral, sexually and emotional complexities few achieve or even have any idea how difficult it is to love unconditionally.

Answer 10

Because the kids that get married now days don't know what love and commitment really are.
They have no morals, respect, trust, goals, dreams, its like most of them only have what they want. No one wants to work things out anymore they just want to move one to the next person. I guess they think it is way easier to walk away than it is to discover how you really feel.