Many spouses choose a no-fault divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. In the US, for example, 31% of couples who end their marriages report that incompatibility is the main factor. But the leading causes are infidelity (or extramarital affairs) with 34% and lack of family support with 43%. And how people and up in these (and other) categories can be as diverse as the individual themselves. So when Redditt user SpicyNovel asked everyone on the platform to share the most petty reason they've heard someone has gotten a divorce, they received plenty of replies.
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#21
I think anytime some one divorces cause the other person gets cancer takes the cake.
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79points
#22
My ex-husband said he wanted a divorce because I didn’t do enough dishes. I told him it may have something more to do with the fact that every time he saw a pregnant woman, he would cry, and we were running out of acceptable options to have kids. Then he told me he cheated on me with a woman ~13 years his junior who lived halfway across the world, while I was visiting my parents, getting some measure of comfort that he could not provide after our dog died and I did everything to take care of him and logistics.
I don’t think it was the dishes.
79points
#23
My grandma divorced her 5th husband because he wouldn't let her remodel their kitchen. I didn't like him but it was a dumb reason to divorce in my opinion.
78points
#24
I hope my friend doesn’t mind me sharing this story but her husband divorced her after 3 months because she wasn’t cuddling or affectionate enough for him.. mind you this was her first marriage let alone first relationship and this was his 3rd marriage.
They both worked full time but he worked 2hrs away and would sometimes have to stay the night at work because it was more convenient for him all around. But when he got home he expected food, sex and cuddles. Never brought this up to her until the day he said it was over.
71points
#25
Not divorce but apparently my brother’s wife’s sister called off her wedding because New Kids On The Block were doing a reunion tour and she decided she’d rather go to the concert than get married.
68points
#26
(My opinion it's petty but) when someone find out their SO was not a virgin when they got married.
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64points
#27
My MIL and her second husband: they both sell 2nd hand books, they had a large hall where they kept the books, divided by a middle path. There had fallen a book out of a box and laid in the middle on the path. They had such a fight about whose book it was, they divorced over it. The book was worth 4 dollars and they both made 150k+ per year.
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Damn this comment blew up, to answer the most asked questions:
1. No, i don't know who ended up with the book
2. It was a children's book about a bear
3. Yes she makes a lot of money with it. They had deals with 2nd hand shops, companies who clean out houses of people that passed etc that they could go through their books and buy them for a few bucks per book. Books can be very expensive if you know what to look for, science, theology of philosophy books can sometimes go for 200 or 300 bucks, even a 1000 for special editions etc. So they sell them online on a similar website as Amazon.
Damn this comment blew up, to answer the most asked questions:
1. No, i don't know who ended up with the book
2. It was a children's book about a bear
3. Yes she makes a lot of money with it. They had deals with 2nd hand shops, companies who clean out houses of people that passed etc that they could go through their books and buy them for a few bucks per book. Books can be very expensive if you know what to look for, science, theology of philosophy books can sometimes go for 200 or 300 bucks, even a 1000 for special editions etc. So they sell them online on a similar website as Amazon.
63points
#28
Knew a guy whose wife filed for divorce the day he applied for military retirement. Apparently she didn't want to leave the lifestyle. He ended up getting out of the military after 18 years with no retirement just to spite her so she wouldn't get half his retirement.
62points
#29
“He’s just not outgoing enough at parties”
That’s the best answer my ex-wife could come up with when the marriage counselor asked her why she didn’t love me anymore. I just sat there shaking my head.
60points
#30
My now ex wife cited, one of the many petty reasons she divorced me was because I didn't "mow straight lines" when mowing the grass.. of course the majority of the time it was due to one of our son's asleep on my lap while on the riding mower..
57points
#31
A friend got divorced by his wife of three months. When the wife was asked what was wrong, she said that it was nothing, he just snored loudly.
In the worst case, they could have had separate bedrooms.
56points
#32
My five time divorced uncle broke things off with his 4th wife because her kids from a previous marriage kept eating the Twinkees that he bought to pack in his lunches.
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52points
#33
My brother’s ex wife only married him to prove a point to her parents that she could settle down with someone and raise a family and stop partying all the time. She divorced him after having a kid with him and making him get a vasectomy because she never loved him in the first place and was miserable.
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51points
#34
Had a buddy whose wife divorced him because he didn't appreciate her love for rom-coms. Apparently, not crying at "The Notebook" is a deal-breaker for some. Crazy, right?
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51points
#35
The husband kept putting wet/used towel on their bed. After several complaints and no changes, the wife got fed up and filed for a divorce.
50points
#37
I had a friend divorce one of her 7 husbands because he booted her dog off the bed.
49points
#38
They found out their husband was bi. Not cheating, mind you. Just that he found men attractive.
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47points
#40
A friend's parents went through a divorce and then ... just kept going like the divorce never happened and are still together to this day.
Don't know what the reason was, but it must have been petty.
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43points
