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Divorced People Break Down The Exact Moment They Realized The Relationship Was Over

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While all couples promise that they will commit to one another "till death do us part," not all couples are able to fulfill these vows.

Sadly, some couples learn after committing to one another that they were not meant to be married, resulting in a divorce.

For most couples, it's a slow discovery, as they begin to learn more about one another, as well as themselves, eventually shedding light on the fact that they simply aren't compatible.

For others, they discovered that their marriage was beyond salvation after one, eye-opening moment.


Redditor whiteowl76 was curious to hear about the very moment people realized their marriage was over, leading them to ask:
"Divorced people of Reddit, when did you know it was over?

A Worrisome Sign Of Their Future

"When her grandma died."

"It was her dad's mom and a wonderful lady, who died peacefully."

"Her dad called me sobbing, saying he was a mess and needed someone to talk to."

"I told him I would come straight over and then called my wife."

"Her response?"

"He was being over dramatic and she was with her mom (his wife) and they were ignoring his texts and calls."

"WTF?!?! "

"His mom just died."

"He is sad and alone."

"Went over there and hung out for a while and realized that if I stayed married I was looking at my future self."

"FIL is a good guy and treated like a stray dog."

'They have separate bedrooms."

"She hates him."

"Has made their kids hate him."- _Stamos

All Take, No Give

"We went to counseling."

"She talked about the things she needed and wasn't getting."

"Counselor asked me if I could work on those."

"I said yes."

"This took the whole first session."

"Second session happens a week later."

"I talked about the things that I needed and wasn't getting."

"Counselor asked her if she could work on those."

"She kept avoiding and redirecting."

"On the drive home she said she wanted to find a new counselor, this one wasn't the right one."

"Went to a new counselor a few weeks later."

"First session was a repeat."

"So was the second."

"She said we should find a better counselor."

"I asked 'one that agrees with you?'"

"And she said yes."

"Then I was done."

"Yes, I'm doing much better now."

"We don't keep in touch, but I think she is too."

"I don't want to make it seem like she was terrible and I was a saint."

"We were a bad match."

"This was just the point I knew we couldn't fix it."- PatrickKieliszek

When You COULD Wait To See Them Again

"Driving home from work, coming around the corner, and feeling disappointment to see her car in the driveway."- lucky_ducker·

Filled Their Heart With Anything But Joy

"When I realized I was more at peace when he wasn't around."

"I was calmer, less anxious, and smiling more."

"Also, when I realized I would smother my smiles or hide happy news so he wouldn't have a chance to ruin whatever I was enjoying."- LurkSmurf

Not Their Only Love

"My ex thought I was working out of town."

"She had been having an affair for about three months and totally thought I didn’t know and she had me buffaloed."

"This was way back before cell phones, but she had been call forwarding our phone to her new boyfriends number so when I called her I would think I was reaching her at our apartment."

"I came home about 10:00 pm one evening and she wasn’t home, I called her boyfriend's number, and she answered the phone."

"I asked her what she was doing and she told me she just climbed into bed for the night, I asked her whose bed she climbed into."


"There was a long pause."

" I told her I knew what she was doing and where she was."

"The last thing I said to her was that I was leaving my wedding ring on the nightstand on her side of the bed."

"That was over 40 years ago."

"Been married to a wonderful woman for a very long time now, all is good."- wyoflyboy68

Just One Of Those Nights...

"It was weird."

"I was sitting on the couch, and she was in the recliner."

"I looked at her, and it was like I didn't even know her."

"I thought... I don't like you and I wouldn't even date you now."

"We just grew apart."

"I said, 'do you want to break up?'"

"She replied, 'I thought you'd never ask... yep. It's been over for awhile'."

"It was amicable, and we went our separate ways."

"No hard feelings it was just done."- TotalDomination1952

Sad On So Many Levels

"When he told me he married me to punish me for getting pregnant and he was going to spend the rest of his life making my life a hell because I stole his childhood."

"Friends, he was 24."- Puzzleheaded-War-113

Manipulative Games

"When she filed for divorce, but didn't actually want a divorce."

"That's when I realized I couldn't put up with any more of her sh*t."

"If she was willing to file for divorce (and thought I was going to pay for it all), I knew it had gone way too far."

"I spent the next two years trying to finalize that divorce with her trying to stay married."- Azzizzi

A Literal Sign

"Left work to drive home."

"Hour commute."

"Passed an apartment complex with a vacancy sign."

"Started thinking seriously about why I was driving home."- ReallyFineWhine

Love can be very confusing and misleading.

Sometimes, we think we're in love and discover much too late that we were wrong.

Other times, even if love was genuine, it wasn't enough to fix something which couldn't be unbroken.

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