Bad News - Increasing Divorced Rate in SG

[jw5]

SG's divorced rate increased almost 4% in 2011. That's bad news for SG. What could be the possible causes of this increased divorced rates?

Personal differences?
Work stress?
Addictions eg gambling, internet, sexual?
marriage dissatisfaction?
etc..

Tracy, this is pure guesswork on my part without any backing statistics, but I think the higher rate is more due to people willing to leave unhappy or unsatisfactory marriages, and not necessarily because there are more unhappy or unsatisfactory marriages.

Problems between married couples have not changed much, but the attitudes towards marriage, divorce and personal happiness have changed a lot.

 

[TracyTan866]

methinks many owners know that too....and do practise it. Its just that many dogs are walked by maids and many of them dont bother to clean up if they think no one is looking.

True..but I personally have seen two residents who pretend not to see.

even for maids, it is the residents who shd brief and ensure the maids are responsible dog walkers

 

[TracyTan866]

Tracy, this is pure guesswork on my part without any backing statistics, but I think the higher rate is more due to people willing to leave unhappy or unsatisfactory marriages, and not necessarily because there are more unhappy or unsatisfactory marriages.

Problems between married couples have not changed much, but the attitudes towards marriage, divorce and personal happiness have changed a lot.

good point. that could be a possible reason

 

[TracyTan866]

Eh, you don't need to see things always as black and white, there're always shades of grey.

Cheers!

true...i am one who advocate that we shd all try to reach our maximum potential

 

[Agoraphobic]

That's how it should be really, education causes deeper understanding - both ways. In the past when the woman was un/less educated, she wasn't able to fight back an abusive husband as she'd have nowhere to go to. But with more education, she can be independant of him and would not need to put up with his nonsense if he is such a person. Divorce isn't a bad thing if one spouse is being badly taken advantage of, it is a way out of a "trap."

Cheers!

but more education will help the couple understand that marriage is not frivolous and they have to know what they are going in for. shdnt more education lessen divorces rather than increase divorces.

i wld agree that more education wld cause more gals to remain single because they are more independent, more educated and dont want to marry for the sake of marrying

 

[erection2015]

i know.....unfortunately there are people like that. Hehehe even my brother used to be like that when we were staying with my parents.

We used to tick him off but he didnt care. Luckily he's got a chihuahua now and doesnt walk it much. But its toilet trained.

True..but I personally have seen two residents who pretend not to see.

even for maids, it is the residents who shd brief and ensure the maids are responsible dog walkers

 

[TracyTan866]

That's how it should be really, education causes deeper understanding - both ways. In the past when the woman was un/less educated, she wasn't able to fight back an abusive husband as she'd have nowhere to go to. But with more education, she can be independant of him and would not need to put up with his nonsense if he is such a person. Divorce isn't a bad thing if one spouse is being badly taken advantage of, it is a way out of a "trap."

Cheers!

yes, divorce shd be a last resort and not be used to circumvent just any little problem

 

[TracyTan866]

i know.....unfortunately there are people like that. Hehehe even my brother used to be like that when we were staying with my parents.

We used to tick him off but he didnt care. Luckily he's got a chihuahua now and doesnt walk it much. But its toilet trained.

good for people like you.

 

[erection2015]

you keep pets too?

good for people like you.

 

[CakeLengKia]

expected lah

and divorce is something very common these days

 

[no_faith]

you keep pets too?

i do. maltese.

 

[TracyTan866]

you keep pets too?

no..condo not so convenient to have pets. seen too much frustration...not worth causing problems with neighbours

 

[TracyTan866]

expected lah

and divorce is something very common these days

common doesnt mean it is right nor good. it's good for SG to keep divorce rate as low as possible

 

[erection2015]

small and cute ah

i do. maltese.

 

[erection2015]

ah okay...but i'm sure you love them too

no..condo not so convenient to have pets. seen too much frustration...not worth causing problems with neighbours

 

[no_faith]

remember divorce is like going to toilet. go in pang chu lai and flush away.
dont take it to heart.
learnt your lesson.

 

[TracyTan866]

ah okay...but i'm sure you love them too

they can be cute and lovable

 

[TracyTan866]

remember divorce is like going to toilet. go in pang chu lai and flush away.
dont take it to heart.
learnt your lesson.

i disagree..i think it can be traumatic especially if children are involved. scars do remain

 

[salmon]

no..condo not so convenient to have pets. seen too much frustration...not worth causing problems with neighbours

my ex-neighbours kept chickens. they would crow at odd hours of the day like 4pm, 9pm, 2am etc. my mom tried to hint abt the din they were causing but neighbours took it as a compliment then went into details abt what special and rare birds they were and how cute they sounded.

 

[TracyTan866]

remember divorce is like going to toilet. go in pang chu lai and flush away.
dont take it to heart.
learnt your lesson.

do u support easy divorces?