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    Not all marriages in Texas are the happily ever after that people were hoping for. For any number of reasons, couples may decide that they no longer want to be married, and make the decision to get a divorce. However, there is more to the process than some people know. In order to help prepare themselves, it behooves those who are considering a divorce to understand the elements that are involved with such cases. Grounds for divorce In general, Texas couples must only believe that their relationships

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    The last part of the interview was a discussion on direct question about Robin’s personal theory of marriage, divorce and remarriage and challenges of providing counseling to the divorce, remarried and blended families’ population. Robin’s personal theology on divorce and remarriage is that she feels that people are born to be in companionship with others and believes that marriage should be a permanent and monogamous relationship. But she understands that this is not always that way for everyone’s

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    The lifestyle of a polygamist is something not every person will agree on. It goes against social customs in many beliefs. A polygamist is looked down upon in American civilization because it goes against most religions. Although, polygamy has been useful for Elizabeth Joseph as she explains her story. Elizabeth Joseph, the author of “My Husband’s Nine Wives,” can relate to such a life because she is part of a polygamy marriage. However, Joseph enjoys her way of marriage, saying it is helpful

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    Cohabitation before marriage is the norm these days. But some stays cohabitating because they swore never to get married. In 1970 fewer than 500,000 were unmarried and living together, compared to 5.4 million in 2000. In 2009 6.5 million are unmarried-partners in households. The configuration were: 2.8 million female householder and male partner; 0.30 million female householder and female partner; male householder and female partner 3.0 million; and male householder and male partner 0.28 million

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    In the recent years of American history divorce has constantly been showing its ugly head. We are always being shown how divorce is the “best option” to end a relationship in the media, everyday life, and in our own unforgiving thoughts. We give the excuse “it just wasn’t working out.” While in some cases that is true, the real reason why America has such a high divorce rate is because people are forced into marriage because of a bad mistake, the media shows that divorce is okay and necessary, and

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    I agree and disagree with the statement that divorce rates in the United States are increasing to an extent that the stability of the family is being threatened. I believe that a lot of divorces can happen for a number of reason and that their are many factors to consider when we think of divorce rates. We have to factor in if it was a marriage of obligation or actual love. There are marriages that are contracted, by this I mean that they got married for a green card and after a few years of the

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    I’m not sure if Polyamorous unions should be legal or not but if I had to choose I would say yes. It’s a fairly new thing to me and I was first introduced in a movie called Castillos de Carton and it’s about a threesome relationship between two men and a woman, the relationship worked fine for the three of them and although it doesn’t work out in the end because again it’s a movie and it has to have its drama the depiction of a relationship between three people working was presented quite well. Sure

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    There are many causes of divorce in marriages in the US. Seeing couples get married and divorced frequently you start to notice trends and patterns. Things I have identified in marriages as the main causes of divorce are communication, infidelity, and money. This usually causes a lot of issues with children and other loved ones. Communication is the backbone of all marriages. You have to be able to communicate with each other about all issues and problems. No one can help solve your issues within

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    Introduction: Unfortunately, divorce is a common occurrence in today’s society. A divorce can occur for many reasons such as infidelity, unhappiness, money, poor communication, stress of having children, etc… The divorce process can be a long drawn out process and can be physically and emotionally draining on the couple. Not only does this process effect the two parents, but it also effects the child(ren). The effects of the divorce initially affects them during childhood, and in many cases, the

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    People get divorced often. In fact, an average 813,672 people get divorced every year, CDC.Gov says. But one thing people don’t pay attention to as much is how it affects the children of these couples who get divorced. According to psychologytoday.com, the children whose parents divorce must adapt to new surroundings and “Witnessing loss of love between parents”. For these kids, divorce is hard to go through and sometimes seeing a rapid transformation from your parents being madly in love to yelling

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