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[tzechuk]

Seems like since I got divorced, I am hearing more and more people getting divorced from their korean spouse. What's up with that?

[aishiii]

We gotta be like you.

[nautilus]

Its also the case that fewer Korean women are actually getting married...or at least delaying it as long as possible.

maybe the whole power of social pressure is finally beginning to wear off. Or the myth of happiness via marriage to a rich person has finally popped.
It is possible to be happy and single, after all...

[hellofaniceguy]

Divorces happen all the time and in every country. Usually break ups in any relationship, be it a business relationship, marriages, BF/GF, friends, etc. happen for one of two reasons; money or sex.

[crescent]

I noticed about 75-80% of divorced women online were born in the year of the Rat.

[CKAB]

Getting divorced in Korea is the new getting married.

[peppermint]

Pretty sure it's just that you notice it more, now that you've gone through it- there's always been someone going through a gruesome divorce on this site, hasn't there?

[Captain Corea]

[tzechuk]

Or I am just getting a lot more PMs from people asking me for my lawyer's number, the process I went through, or seeking advice.

Yeah, I think you are onto something here, Peppermint and Captain.

I mean, I am not judging or anything, just notice it more.

I think it is so much better, personally speaking - and totally my opinion - to divorce than to stay with someone you no longer really love than to remain together for the sake of being together or because you don't know what's going to happen if you divorce.

Now that I've gone through it, I think it is one of the bravest things people can ever do. It means change and facing the unknown.

And I still maintain it is the best thing I've done.

[reactionary]

Divorce rates are high both here and back home. It's almost to the point where you're in the minority if you HAVENT gotten a divorce.

you'll never break nuptial ties alone.

[nautilus]

[Unposter]

For what it is worth, I've seen a lot more posts about divorce than before. I think it is because there has also been a lot more marriage between native English-speaking teachers and Koreans than before. More marriages means more divorces. I also think divorce is much more accepted these days in Korea.

[Thiuda]

[ashland]

probably because korean spouses don't like when their foreign husbands/wives spend way too much time on dave's? jk

it's not true for korean-japanese couples though... only 8% divorce rates.
the worst is korean-chinese couples... about 70%.
does it mean something?

[bossam]

70% is that for real? Lol