Ever since the majority of states converted to no-fault divorce there has been the widespread opinion that more people get divorced today because “divorce is easy.” This idea can only be imagined by someone who has never gotten divorced. The decision to divorce is one of the most difficult decisions we make in a lifetime. It is the decision to trade one type of pain for another. But it is a decision that is made between two adults who know better than anyone else what is in their hearts and souls. To hear someone berate and demean and judge them because they are not willing to work things out, or to “stay for the sake of the children,” only adds more guilt and shame to an already crippling load of shame. People getting divorced need our compassion, not our judgment.
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