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@K-Cup
Yes, I’ve met many people who after being divorced wished that they had stayed married to their previous spouse.
Being in the family law business, my exposure to divorced people may be higher than the usual CR member, especially as many of my clients are not Jewish.
There are different categories of wishing they were still married to the former spouse:
#1 Spouse who did not seek the divorce>>>>forced out of the marriage
#2 The person left the marriage for another and the grass is not greener on the other side. The relationship breaks up once the married person is free. The ‘third wheel’ has a pattern of seeing married people because it doesn’t call for total commitment
#3 Still loves the ex-spouse>>>>pushed into divorce by meddling family, friends, therapist
#4 Misses the kids…visitation doesn’t cut it
#5 Poverty is now the state of living for the ex spouses and children. The same income can’t support two households
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Every year, I have a couple of clients who have been divorced, may have had another marriage and divorce, who end up remarrying their original spouse.