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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#41
My ex sat me down on a Saturday, after 13 years together, to let me know he was leaving me because he was bored.
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42points
#42
They may not have gotten divorced because of it, but I know of a couple that fought over who got the canned fruit at their divorce trial.
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42points
#43
Julius Caesar got a divorce because of rumors his wife had an affair. He publicly said she didn't do it, but divorced her anyway "because the wife of Caesar must be above suspicion".
41points
#44
Idk if you could really say it's petty, because it's due to cheating, but the situation was kind of bizarre to me.
I had these neighbors, husband and wife, lived across the street from me for a long time. They were easily in their 70s, maybe a little older, idk, never asked their ages. Anyway, eventually, I noticed that the wife wasn't outside with him anymore when he'd sit on the porch. I asked about her one day and he told me that she cheated on him with a guy in his 20s and left to be with him. 50 year marriage down the drain. I guess maybe she wanted someone who was the same age as her and her husband were when they first got married.
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38points
#46
Growing up we had a family friend who was in a marriage we knew wouldn’t last, his wife was very ‘posh’ while he was a tradesman. That wasn’t the petty one though. After they divorced, he met and married a really sweet woman who had grown up in a religious group, I don’t know which, but they had rules like women could never cut their hair and she had never watched tv before she was with him. Basically he saved her from this religion. Because of her background, she’d never worked and he husband never asked her to, he was happy to provide for her.
They ended up having a kid together, then another mum who she befriended told her she’d get more money if she divorced him and went after child support. So she did. So now he never sees his kid, and his son from his first marriage has been turned against him by his first wife. He still has a great relationship with his daughter from the first marriage at least.
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34points
#47
My former boss ended her engagement because he kept dropping his underwear on the floor and leaving them.
She was fit to be tied over it. Swore he kept his end up in every other way, but this.
31points
#49
My friend divorced her husband because he tried to surprise her with a romantic gesture and she tough that he was cheating on her...
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23points
