Why do marriages fail 25 Articles

by Melinda Barr

There is one very important, often over looked, step to ensuring that getting married is the right move to make. Many people marry for all the wrong reasons, like fear of being alone, money and security, and so on. There is

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by Toni McKilligan

Marriage is an institution. Two people stand before witnesses and exchange vows. It used to be that those promises included a specific stipulation: Til death do you part. That's a pretty hefty oath to take.

While some religious

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by Rebecca K.

There are lots of reasons why a marriage may fail. There is everything from infidelity, lying, disrespect, abuse, or simply falling out of love with the person. Sometimes marriages fail because over the years people's interests

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by Brian Peters

Having worked with hundreds of couples over the last several years, and having experienced significant challenges in my own marriage in years past, I have pondered why marriages fail for some time.

At one time I thought the

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by Barbara Kasey Smith

Why do marriages fail? Ah, the happiness one feels when they are first married and so much in love with each other...a married couple's dreams and plans for their future keeps them striving to accomplish and achieve their goals.

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by Paul Oranika

The institution of marriage has been around since pre-historic times. People marry for many reasons; among those reasons presumable is love. Oftentimes when people fall in love they tend to ignore other issues such as interests,

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by Velma aka Shammah

Where would you like to begin, and how much time can you set aside to read or even respond to this article? Marriages fail for as many reasons as there are differences in personalities, it's that plain and simple. I, however,

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by Abdul Rahman

Introduction: The marriage is considered to be the combination of two lives for passing the Life span with mutual interest. According to an other saying Husband and the wife are considered the wheels of vehicle if any one of

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by Felisa Daskeo

There you are just married and the happiest human being ever alive on your wedding day. You dream of a perfect marriage, a marriage made in heaven and you are floating in heaven with happiness. Is that what marriage is all

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by E. B. Smith

Most appropriate question is why do people fail marriage?. Marriages don't fail. People fail in the marriage. Don't go into the marriage with the expectation that by picking a spouse "presto" all will be better. Don't seek a

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by David Swyer

WHY MARRIAGES FAIL

Most married folks began their lives together with passionate and intense feelings for each other. If only these feelings would last a lifetime, divorce lawyers would have to find another profession
Sadly, some

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by Susie Turk

Failure in marriage is often the result of lacking respect for one another, the lack of communication (communication breakdown), the lack of care; aka care-LESS (ness), discontentment, personal change, EXPECTATIONS, lack of full

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by Leigh Rodela

Marriages fail because of a lack in communication. Yes, we have heard this reason many times and somehow the idea of it gets pushed aside like all of the other cliches on why marriages fail. We shouldn't be so quick to dismiss

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by Dale Mazurek

Marriages fail because people are too quick to throw their arms in the air and give up. With the North American divorce rate hovering over 50 percent its pretty obvious that marriage isn't taken seriously. Society has made it

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by Judy Merrill

We live in a world of 'instant'. From instant this and instant that to instant mashed potatoes, we want our gratification instantly. When our spouse does not answer to our needs in an instant manner, we are not satisfied and

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by Gwendolyn Golden

Why do marriages fail? Are some marriages doomed from the start? Why are more and more marriages failing today?

How do you stay together? Who failed who? Will the next marriage fail as well as the first?

Marriages fail for quite

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by Lisa Laforest

Why do marriages fail? Well it's quite simple. Marriages fail because spouses don't know how to communicate the way they should and the media and other peers put a negative spin on marriage, so you have a negative outlook on

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by Ronald Holmes

I believe there is one basic reason why marriages fail and that is selfishness. I believe this is the cause in most failed marriages and that other factors can be attributed to the selfishness of one or both partners. Sometimes

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