There are many difficult things that we do in life that seemingly get easier each time that we do them. For example public speaking is usually a difficult and trying task the first time that it is done. However after several months of being in the public’s eye the speaking usually gets easier.
In some cases, all it takes is proving to ourselves that we can do it and survive. After that some of the fear is taken out of the equation.
I wonder if divorce is the same way? I have never been divorced. I have some friends that have gone through a divorce and describe it as a terrible experience. They comment on how hard it was to make the final step to say that divorce was the answer. They also comment on how they would have divorced sooner if they could have surpassed the process and went straight to their life after marriage.
It seems to me that a second divorce would be easier than the first. You have proved to yourself that you can make it through it and survive. So do you see divorce as more of an easier option in your second marriage than in your first?
I have not had time to do the research. But I am interested to know if the percentage rate of divorces gets higher the more times that you have been married. Are people who have been divorced once more likely to get divorced again? It seems to me that they would opt for divorce quicker in their second marriage than in their first.
I have a friend that was unhappy for a couple of years before she decided to divorce her first husband. In her second marriage it only took her a few months of her husband’s lack of emotional support to decide that another divorce was the answer. She is now remarried and finally found the love that she needed.
I Don’t think I’d be Good at Divorce