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divorce and age..
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There's someone at my workplace who is getting divorced at 21!!
To me that is FAR too young for such a thing! Is there any 'reasonable' age to get divorced??
To me that is FAR too young for such a thing! Is there any 'reasonable' age to get divorced??
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My friend wants to get a divorce and she's 22.
It's sad when people rush into marriage. But there is no point in staying married just for the sake of it, creating misery.
But then if one of them has done something unforgivable, like say bugger a goat then I can see why they would want to.
:yes: excatly... why not, she made a mistake and now she's sorting it out.
lol that made me giggle
Perhaps.
I dunno, I just don't approve of people marrying at young ages!
Largely because I think it's too much responsibility at a young age.
I do agree with you there but they relised the mistake and want to sort it out
thats true:p
Anyway my brother got married when he was 19 and was divorced by 22. Basically they were too young and had expected a life of marital bliss without doing any of the essential things beforehand like getting a steady job, knowing each other more than 10 months, having a house/flat etc :rolleyes: Glad to say he's got his head screwed on now, you can only learn from it eh.
They obviously aint happy so thats why they are getting divorced.
Good on em, pointless staying together if they dont love each other cos what would that acheive ?
If they have tried to rebuild the marriage but its not working then why not get divorced ?
I married too young, I was 18 and he was the first serious boyfriend i had. We rushed in, got married and it ended in divorce.
Im now remarried and hopefully we will be together forever.......awwwwww
marriage is very different now. at least for some people.
most of the girls i know my age have at least one engagement behind them. thank god none of them actually did any marrying. it's not that marrying young means a couple won't stick it, cause they might, but increasingly people are getting married cause they see it as a huge, free party. sad but true.
it's this whole disposable culture thing.
there are still the traditionalists, who marry for life, and then there are the ones who marry for love (to an ill-advised person), and get hurt. but a lot of young people don't see marriage as a forever thing any more. they see it more like a long term relationship. fun while it lasts, but they can always get divorced.
and i agree with the rushing in bit too. if it's forever, waiting a few years won't make a difference. people change an awful lot at that stage in their lives. i'm a totally different person now than i was even at 21. and different again from when i was 18. it's all very well if you can change together, but a lot of people can't.
If it's a marriage that's gone that sour, then it's best to get out and get divorced.