“How We Knew Our Marriage Was Over” – Divorcees Reveal Heartbreaking Moments

When a marriage is sealed, divorce is hardly anticipated, both in the near or distant future. Some couples however have to walk this road at some point in their marriage and reasons for doing this often vary.

Divorcees on Reddit were recently asked to share what made them finally decide to call off their marriage. Read some of their heartbreaking reasons below.

One of the respondents, Beagle_Bailey, wrote:

“My husband was cheating. I found out, and instead of immediately dumping his a**, I said ‘Let’s try to work this out, but you have to dump the girlfriend.’ His response was, ‘But what if you and me don’t work out?’And THAT was the final straw.”

A shocking revelation came from user Metyuadem, who wrote: “When I came home to find her sister’s husband naked in my bed.” Another user, Raven2002 had a similar experience. She shared: “I came home early from work because of a migraine. Found him in bed with my best friend. Oddly, I was more hurt by her behaviour than his. Broomed them both that day.”

In yet another heartbreaking recount, another user, Fifyi, revealed:

“I had been in hospital the night before and they had planned to do surgery for suspected appendicitis. It turned out not to be so acute so the surgery was cancelled and I was discharged and instructed to rest.

By that morning, I hadn’t eaten for almost two days. Husband comes to the hospital to pick me up. He sat in the car about a block away with the engine running waiting for me to walk to where he was. He called his work to say he was taking the day off to look after me. In reality, he spent the day in bed or playing PC games.

There was no food in the house and he refused to go grocery shopping because that was my job. By now I’m super hungry and still in pain from the niggling appendix. I asked if he could sort dinner for us. He pretty much picked a fight with me over that. I said I didn’t need this in my life and he responded, ‘Well we can get a divorce if you want!’ I said, ‘Yes please. I’ve actually been thinking about that for a while.’ ”

Another user, Binary10110, spilled:

“We had our problems, but the final straw was probably when she slept with some other guy in Australia using my money to buy the air tickets. She also tried to make me pay for the divorce.”

According to clinical psychologist, Dr Melissa Keogh, there are seven signs predicting divorce; you’re not having sex, abuse from a partner, untreated personality disorder, serial infidelity, addiction issues, feelings of contempt and not being able to recall fond memories of the relationship.

A three-year study of 40,000 couples by the Marriage Foundation also revealed that 60 percent of couples who split or divorced had reported they were ‘generally happy’ just 12 months earlier. A divorce lawyer, Marilyn Stowe, revealed, “Sudden abrupt ends to a marriage, violence and arguments are less likely than slowly growing apart. It’s a more subtle form of breakdown, where the intimacy between them slowly erodes.”

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