Divorce

In this week's class discussion we talked about divorce. We talked about how to protect marriages from divorcing. Somethings we mentioned were learn to solve problems as together, date properly, be open with spouse, and avoid blaming one another. We also talked about the different kinds of processes there are when it comes to separation. There is emotional, legal, economic, co-parental, community, and psychic separation. Emotional separation talks about losing trust and affection for your spouse. Legal separation refers to a court officially saying that the marriage is over. Economic separation talks about property and making a settlement. Co-parental separation involves children. Community separation talks about leaving behind friends and relations that both spouses had by leaving their community. Psychic separation talks about accepting that you are no longer a part of a couple, but you are now an individual. In class my professor also told us that 71% of people believe that two years after divorce the couple said that could have made their marriage work. We also discussed the challenges of getting remarried.