What I Wish I'd Known Before I Got Divorced

Just finished an article by Georgia Shaffer over at Christianity Today. Nothing new here, but a reminder to those who consider divorce a solution to their marital woes-- divorce only creates different problems.

In a recent study by the Institute for American Values chaired by sociologist Linda Waite of the University of Chicago, researchers asked, "Does divorce make people happy?" They found that those who ended their troubled marriage in divorce weren't any happier than those who remained married. In fact, two-thirds of those who stayed married reported happy marriages five years later.

• Life will change more than you realize
• Your life won't be more carefree
• You trade one set of problems for another
• Feelings can be deceiving

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