Every marriage is different, but marriages share common problems and issues. Due to this phenomenon, Lokken & Putnam was able to construct the top three marital issues that can lead to divorce.
Top Marital Issues that Lead to Divorce
- Communication
Communication is an important part of any relationship, but it plays a pivotal role in the health and strength of a marriage. Intimately knowing a spouse and intimately being known by a spouse is supposed to make a marital relationship different from others, but this is only possible if the communication in the relationship is strong.
If communication is failing in a marital relationship, it can lead to the following emotions:
- Frustration;
- Loneliness;
- Envy (of other relationships); and
- Hopelessness.
- Infidelity
Trust is a key component in marriage, and a single act of infidelity can lead to irreparable mistrust. When a spouse believes another spouse will stay faithful, and that doesn’t happen, the breakdown of trust will impact more than the bedroom.
Infidelity can impact the following areas of marital trust:
- Financial decision-making;
- Child-rearing; and
- Overall dependability.
- Finances
Finances are anxiety-inducing, and it gets worse when a spouse disapproves of your financial decision-making. When couples disagree on how to spend, save, or invest money, frustrations are bound to arise. When these frustrations repeatedly come up across years or decades of marriage, a divorce may be imminent.
If these or other marital problems are causing you to think about divorce, call (801) 829-9783 now to schedule an initial consultation with a divorce attorney.