Emplication Essay

Tasia Stinson

DWRI 0093-4402

Kaitlin Stanford

September 16,2012

When one promise to love someone for better or worse until death do them part, and then change your mind right in the middle of the game, it leaves many questions. Many people are left everyday thinking how did I get here. What happened to us? What went wrong? How can one plan to stay with one their whole life when living life is about growing and change? Three reasons people get a divorce include sometimes people grow apart, financial strain, and the stressors of children.

First, sometimes people grow apart. Live is about Change nothing ever stays the same. A couple could have alternate dreams on what they want out of life. One might want to live on the west coast relaxing on the beach while the other perhaps wants to live on the east coast in a quiet town raising a family. What seems like what one may want may not be the same you heir30 and 40’s as it was in their 20’s. A person’s physical appearance may change over time through age and childbirth which if reasoning for the initial marriage were shallow could strain the relationship. When one gets married they have little control as to where their life is heading and there is little insurance that that other person’s path is the same as theirs.

Next, Sometimes the financial strain of this uncertain economy can add strain to the healthiest marriages. Many Americans are losing their jobs becoming laid off or just flat out cannot find work. Monetary issues filter down to every aspect of our society and lives including marriage and sex. Scientific studies have linked money to stress and stress to importance in both male and female. Another issue is there has been a sudden shift of gender power in corporate America. While men view their self-worth in a relationship by their monetary providence while earning less. Women are becoming the bread winners refusing masculinity in their male partners.

Then, with children comes added...