#1
I've told the story a few times on Reddit, so long-story-short-time: She told him several hundred times that if he smashed the cake in her face at the reception, it was over.
He did it, she walked out and had it annulled the next day. This was over 30 years ago, btw.
#2
Most of time, the petty reasons are just the straw that breaks the back.
#3
Stowe Family Law is based in the UK, where Beven says people file for divorce for “unreasonable behavior.” Examples include a lack of work-life balance or “differing interests.”
“Some people even went as far as saying their spouse constantly disregarded instructions to wash up or put their laundry away,” Beven told Bored Panda. “Whilst to some, these may seem petty and insignificant, for those couples, this ‘petty’ behavior led to the breakdown of their marriage.”
#4
Her husband came home one day asking her to give a higher financial contribution on the groceries, because she, as a lady, was using more toilet paper than him. She took it as a joke and had a good laugh. He got mad, and asked for divorce.
Worth mentioning that his salary was 3 times higher than her one..
#5
#6
Some people may see divorce as an easy way out when the marriage enters a rough patch. Beven describes it as a “mechanism by which you change your circumstances.” That may include the “petty” reasons on this list.
However, going through a divorce is tedious in itself. For one, it can severely affect a person financially.
“Marriage combines assets, divorce separates those, often leaving both people worse off,” Beven pointed out.
#7
He also cheated on her but she was less angry about that. The fridge was what pushed her to the point she wanted a divorce.
#8
#9
They deserved each other.
As of this posting, divorce is illegal in only two countries: the Philippines and the Vatican. Both are heavily influenced by Catholicism and believe in upholding the sanctity of marriage.
But does illegal divorce help prevent people from breaking off from their marriage for the pettiest reasons? Beven says no.
“Divorce accounts for the ebbs and flows of life, and denying this can be dangerous in some cases,” she explained.
#10
"Farts loudly in public".
#12
As Beven explains, domestic violence is an example of a situation where an individual’s life may be put in danger if divorce is illegal. The mounting tensions in an unhappy marriage may also have a severe negative impact on the children.
“Serious injury, both physical, mental and financial, can ensure and there may be a real risk to life,” she said.
#13
#15
Ultimately, divorce is an exercise of free will. People may make mistakes when they marry the person they thought was the one for them, but having the option to break it off within a year legally allows them to correct that.
“In a society that promotes autonomy and free will, allowing people to marry and divorce whom and when they want, we are allowing individuals to pursue happiness,” Beven said.
#16
It turned out that this new job of his also required that he work from home but he was working in an office before. She was having an affair with their next-door neighbor and him being home more meant that she couldn't cheat on her husband easily.
That was definitely a twist. I was expecting something like him being the one having the affair but nope!
#17
#18
She told him she wanted him to get back to working out because she really liked the way he once looked and he said it was something he missed doing and agreed to get a gym membership. He was going to the gym four days a week but was only really working out for two of them. On the days he didn't work out he would sit in the sauna to get sweaty, watch Netflix and then go home.
When she asked about him going to the gym and accidentally let it slip that he was fudging workouts twice a week. She apparently found that to be a deal breaker and filed for divorce.