Causes of Divorce

Trying to pinpoint the cause of any given divorce is really an inexact science. For instance, the main reason for a divorce may be that the husband cheated on his wife. While this seems to explain why the divorce occured, in reality, there is usually much more behind this.

The question of “why did the husband cheat?” needs to be answered. Perhaps the couple decided to get married at too young of age, and didn’t know what the other person was really like. And then once they got to know each other neither party was happy, and then became distant with each other. Looking for affection that was not present at home, the husband goes outside the marriage.

All that being said, here is a list of several common causes of divorce:

- Extramarital affairs

- Family strains

- Emotional/physical abuse

- Mid-life crisis

- Addictions

- Workaholism