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Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero: Prediction: Divorce rate to skyrocket in US in 4/08

  • Oblivion · 1 year ago
    TGFFRM (Thank god for fixed-rate mortgages)???
  • Christopher S. Penn · 1 year ago
    Updated 4/20: Being right sucks. An article confirming the suspicion.
  • Mike from Minnesota Divorce At · 1 year ago
    Insightful prediction from February. Unfortunately its so true. I've seen an increase in divorces in our firm, and like the article you cited reported, money is the #1 cause of divorce. Not just the stress around the lack of money, but how to spend it (especially when you have less and less of it).

    Choices around money highlight priorities and values. Many times we see divorces because one person wants to save money and pay bills and the other wants to take vacations and spoil the kids. These differences in values can divide the couple. And with the growing mortgage issues, these values around spending and money smack married couples in the face.
  • Houston Divorce Lawyer · 1 year ago
    Recent information from law journals suggest a leveling in the divorce rate only because people are waiting longer to get married. Still, money issues are huge reasons for people to get divorce. The odds of something working out are so difficult these days that extra stresses like the mortgate crisis will not help. I do believe that you are right. That would be a HUGE test on a relationship.