Some marriages don't last forever, and the stories that come up during the divorce process can get pretty wild.
But there have been some incredibly petty reasons for people to end a marriage, as well.
Redditor SpicyNovel asked:
"What is the most petty reason someone has gotten a divorce?"
The Circle of Wife!
"My uncle divorced his sixth wife because he wanted to remarry his first wife."
- Sm0w2
Sentimental Value
"My mother-in-law and her second husband: they both sell second handbooks, they had a large hall where they kept the books, divided by a middle path."
"There had fallen a book out of a box and lay in the middle of the path. They had such a fight about whose book it was, that they divorced over it. The book was worth four dollars and they both made 150k+ per year."
- CaptainMinimum9802
Too Convenient for Him
"Someone I currently work with used to work in an oncology department where one of the doctors divorced his wife for getting cancer."
"Everyone in the department basically hated him. I recall my colleague saying that new hires were all informed of what he’d done, so everyone could be on the same page of knowing he was a terrible person."
"From what I hear, his wife beat the cancer and I think the guy eventually changed hospitals he worked at."
- myguitarplaysit
Always the Best At Gifts
"Grandma sued her second husband for a divorce because he got me a puppy for my seventh birthday (she felt the puppy outshined her present to me)."
- WatchingInSilence
Family Feud for the Win
"I’m a divorce attorney. I had a client whose wife filed for divorce because she didn’t get along with his sister ONE TIME. They had one disagreement. Seriously. That was it."
"He didn’t stick up for his wife, she got mad, and she filed for divorce. She said on the stand that they had a great marriage, he was a good father, but that one incident was too much."
"The judge told them, 'This is the dumbest reason I’ve ever seen anyone get divorced,' and he’d been a judge for over 20 years."
- ashcoop87
Driven By Pride
"I have a cousin who has been married four times for a year and a half collectively."
"The most recent divorce happened after a month when she told him he needed to cut the grass since it was tall. He got all p**sed off and called it quits."
"Their preacher went to talk to him and told him, 'Well, she’s right. The grass is getting tall. You do need to cut it.'"
"My cousin's response deada** was, 'I know that, but ain’t no woman gonna tell me what to do!'"
- gumpthechump
Long Live the Kitchen
"My grandma divorced her fifth husband because he wouldn't let her remodel their kitchen."
"I didn't like him but it was a dumb reason to divorce, in my opinion."
- 4purpleroses
Separate Beds Can Be a Thing
"A friend got divorced by his wife of three months. When the wife was asked what was wrong, she said that it was nothing, he just snored loudly."
"In the worst case, they could have had separate bedrooms."
- MonsieurSundae
That's... Not a Good Look
"She said, 'I fell out of love with you after your dad died. I know you were grieving, but I had needs too!'"
"My ex-wife, everyone. That was her excuse for cheating and immediately moving in with the other guy."
- anteru
Keeping Those Priorities Straight, I See
"Not divorce but apparently, my brother’s wife’s sister called off her wedding because New Kids On The Block was doing a reunion tour and she decided she’d rather go to the concert than get married."
- juancake511
Such an Important Concern
"They may not have gotten divorced because of it, but I know of a couple that fought over who got the canned fruit at their divorce trial."
- Tannenfalconwing
Smarter Than Thou
"I knew this couple (the guy was three years younger than me, and we went to school together as kids) where the husband was a farmer and he put his wife through school."
"She got her degrees (she started off as a nurse and worked her way up) and became a Physian's Assistant. Once she started working at a doctor’s office, she thought she was too smart for her dumb farmer husband and divorced him because he wasn’t educated and he wasn’t up to her level of intelligence."
- Bland_Boring_Jessica
Communication Is a Necessity
"My friend's husband divorced her after 3 months because she wasn’t cuddling or affectionate enough for him.. mind you this was her first marriage let alone her first relationship and this was his third marriage."
"They both worked full time but he worked 2hrs away and would sometimes have to stay the night at work because it was more convenient for him all around. But when he got home he expected food, sex, and cuddles. Never brought this up to her until the day he said it was over."
- Wonderful-Strain-436
So Petty
"My ex became a gym bro after getting married. Two years into it, he asked for a divorce because he was upset I did not know how much weight he was lifting in the leg press machine."
"Some months before, he had 'banned me' from going with him to the gym because I did not match his vibe, so when I returned I was kind of doing my thing and my own routine, but not focusing fully on him was apparently the wrong move."
"So well, that. Narcissist type. Obviously, he had a new girl immediately after, but the reason he gave me about the weight was just so petty."
- anukka
Following the Signs
"My ex told me his grandmother was into astrology and psychic readings when she was younger (I don't know about her interest in her later years)."
"Apparently, she got a reading that said her 3rd marriage would be the one that lasted, so she married and divorced quickly twice to get to the third guy."
"They DID last until she passed, so maybe she was onto something, but maybe she was in too deep at that point and would have stayed just to prove a point. I always found it pretty wild."
- SaphFireSoul
These were certainly some strange stories, not to mention reasons to divorce someone that's supposed to be the love of their life.
But as much as we might like to imagine love lasting forever, it's true that everyone has the power to end a relationship for any reason they want.
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