Facebook & Divorces

shag · #1 02-23-2012, 10:20 PM

"Facebook is being cited as a major factor in marriage breakdowns. More attorneys every year are using the site as evidence in divorce proceedings. An online study from a United Kingdom website found Facebook to be the driving force behind a third of divorces in which unreasonable behavior was a factor."

"Attorneys, Pastors see rise in divorces linked to social media"

"...people are looking up old flames or finding new ones in common interest groups on Facebook and other sites like it."
(My wife and I know a few people this has happened to).

I found this interesting...though not incredibly surprising.

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-attorney...,7155518.story

Jason B · #2 02-23-2012, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by shag

"Facebook is being cited as a major factor in marriage breakdowns. More attorneys every year are using the site as evidence in divorce proceedings. An online study from a United Kingdom website found Facebook to be the driving force behind a third of divorces in which unreasonable behavior was a factor."

"Attorneys, Pastors see rise in divorces linked to social media"

"...people are looking up old flames or finding new ones in common interest groups on Facebook and other sites like it."
(My wife and I know a few people this has happened to).

I found this interesting...though not incredibly surprising.

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-attorney...,7155518.story

I'm not suprised.

RandyWayne · #3 02-23-2012, 11:03 PM

Before Facebook it was World of Warcraft. Any new technology coming down the pike will be the next big thing to break up marriages.

Hoovie · #4 02-23-2012, 11:44 PM

I am not surprised either, though I think the social media is only an enabling vehicle and not the "cause" of divorce.

Jay · #5 02-24-2012, 01:16 AM

If a person is not willing to forsake all others, then their marriage is going to founder eventually. It will be a coworker, old flame on FB, someone met in a chat room, or a person in you e-mail.

This was why I cut ties to my ex-girlfriend. I did not want my name coming up in any split in her marriage. I do know that eventually her marriage ended, and I can not be held as being responsible as I was not in contact with her.

canam · #6 02-24-2012, 02:46 AM

30 percent of their business which was 5000 divorces,dont know how that extrapolates to the rest of the world.

Amanah · #7 02-24-2012, 05:16 AM

It's all in what you are looking for in the first place, I have 62 people friended on facebook, broken down as follows:

7 family members
35 people I know from my previous and current church
3 friends from work
5 people I know from online gaming
8 people I know from AFF
1 hairdresser
1 friend of family
2 people I met on facebook, both are apostolic

none of these people are looking for an affair, or a divorce that I am aware of.

Pressing-On · #8 02-24-2012, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoovie

I am not surprised either, though I think the social media is only an enabling vehicle and not the "cause" of divorce.

shag · #9 02-24-2012, 05:40 AM

I think it's good of a news station, (as well as pastors interviewed) to bring this concern to public awareness.

I'd say for the most part, folks that use media as a venue for their corrupt heart, were going to find some sort of venue to fullfill their "corruptness" at some point in time, eventually, media just made things easier/faster.

No doubt there has also been many (w/o a corrupt heart) that carelessly/innocently allowed an old friend to become a media friend, one thing led to another, engaging in personal conversation, now they look back and wonder how they didn't see that coming after their family was destroyed because of allowing and engaging in personal conversation with another person...I can feel somewhat sorry for these....

Aquila · #10 02-24-2012, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay

If a person is not willing to forsake all others, then their marriage is going to founder eventually. It will be a coworker, old flame on FB, someone met in a chat room, or a person in you e-mail.

This was why I cut ties to my ex-girlfriend. I did not want my name coming up in any split in her marriage. I do know that eventually her marriage ended, and I can not be held as being responsible as I was not in contact with her.

Good move bro.