Has the Internet contributed to America's ever-escalating divorce rate. ( Archived) (32)

I have often thought whether the Internet has played any role into the ever-escalating divorce rate in America. With the Internet becoming ingrained within the daily lives of a majority of Americans over the past years, people now have access to a plethora (I love that word) of various ways to meet new people. Not only people locally, but virtually, all over the world. It is now so easy to almost silently meet new people online and get to know them without sounding off any alarms to your significant other. Out-of-town/state/country Business trips are common and setting up a romantic rendezvous at the destination point is now even easier with the Internet.

I think that many people know how easy it is to find someone new and are possibly running for the courts at the first sign of trouble, instead of making more of an effort to reconcile.

I have never been married, so I do not know if this point has any merit, but I am very convinced that the Internet has caused many people to quit relationships much easier. I realize that there are also many other factors intervening here, but I am just proposing that the Internet is a minor (possibly, major) one.

I'd like to hear your views on this.

I would say very minor if any. People would have to be looking and at that point things are on the bad side anyway. But easier, yes I agree with that!!

I think it may have a minor role its alot easier to find people in ur area to cheat with and are willin to over look marriage as well as making information on divorces easier to acess but I think that the problem lies with the fact that everyone wants to be so indivigual that they aren't willing to be a couple...and aren''t willing to compromise to make a marriage work

I hope I don't get bashed for this, but it is what has happened to society. Families don't do anything together anymore, even have meals. You need cohesiveness for the family to "stick" together. The monther going out and working certainly hurt, because at leat before you had some structure to the home.I know monther need to work so we can all eat, and there are ladies who want to work so they can grow as people. I am not picking on anyone, just saying when you gain something, sometimes someone loses. When ships pass in the night, couples grow apart. The Internet is just a tool, may make things a bit easier but it never "caused" the problem. Your spouse would probably be at the bar or sleeping with a coworker anyways.


Joanne

Yes, I agree that there are many other factors intervening here as well. However, I think that even though this tool called the Internet has maybe even a bigger role in the divorce rate than I originally stated. You raised the issue, Joanne, that families do not possess the cohesiveness that they once have. Is it fair to say that the advent of the Internet has contributed to that as well. After all, many people (spouses/singles/whatever) spend countless free hours on the Internet along, which is time they could be spending with their family doing things together. Also, I know of a lot of relationships that have come unravelled due to one spouse thinking the other one was cheating on him/her with someone on the Web, even though there was no claim to the accusation.

Well in my opinion it helped alot in the ending of my marriage...My ex was on it all the time playing games and ignoring me...I kept warning him that if he continued he would lose me...;-))He did not stop he did not think I serious then one day I had enough and connected to a site,it was over I met someone that listened to me ....He tried then to stop and even broke my comp...But it was too late...I bought another one and asked for a divorce..This was not the sole reason but he became addicted...;-))

I also no quite some married people that met and had affairs on the internet...It ended some marriages and one mother even left her husband and KIDS,and moved to china to be with her love...Ha ha nice mommmy...;-))

well i cant see that it has helped the marrage rate as for thenet in generali thnk it eables people to hide behind a keyboard and never take a chance

Hallo will,this is true,me and my ex discovered he was depressed and the internet is how he forgot his problems...By this time we were already divorced though...