Why Marriages don’t Last

Why Marriages Don’t Last?
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Why Marriages Don’t Last?
The Tipper Gore and Al Gore breakup has risen important issues of late divorces, or commonly called “cold divorces”. The case study reflected that long-term relationships may end, jeopardizing the earlier beliefs that reflected that long term marriages are always stable. The article will briefly review the reasons for why long-term marriages end in divorces. Although the Gore’s did not reveal the reason for their breakup, they mentioned it was a well-thought decision, and there were no regrets or hurt feelings amongst them. Further, there were no allegations or emotional outbursts amongst such individuals. The Gore breakup typically symbolized a “cold divorce” (Rappaport, 2013, 353-377).
Contrary to the belief that “hot divorces” are predominantly more, “cold divorces” are also taking their share in the changing socio-economic scenario. Hot divorces are defined as divorces that occur after two to seven years of marriage. Such breakups are attributed to the differences in attitudes and lifestyle of either of the spouses. Further, such breakups also occur due to the challenge of rearing children and unequal sharing of responsibilities of either counterpart. The stress and legal hassles of early breakups are lesser due to lower bonding with different family members and with family friends (Shoshana, 1993).
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