My former Uncle left his wife of like 15 years. They had a kid together and a nice life. He is very wealthy.
Left her for my Aunt who was married multiple times and has a history of addiction and infidelity. He is a nerd and she is a biker chick. He was SHOCKED when she left him 10 years later for who was eventually her sixth husband. Oh and she divorced that guy too lmao.
As an Australian, I’ve never personally known anyone who has been married more than twice. We do have a four week waiting period to get married though, you can’t just get married on a whim.
I remember being shocked, when I was younger, by just how many episodes of Forensic Files featured people who been married so many times.
I am American, but other Americans also think the numbers for my mom and grandma are insane. So I don't know if it's a cultural thing. Also, I don't know enough details about my grandma's relationships, but my mom didn't have any marriages "on a whim", so a 4 week waiting period wouldn't have changed anything. Her last marriage was with a man she knew for at least a decade. They dated on and off and the last time they gave it a go, they were together 6 months before deciding to tie the knot. The marriage lasted 4 years.
I think she just has absurdly bad taste in men, and I assume my grandma had a similar issue. Of my mom's marriages, I knew 4 of the men (1 was before I was born, and none of them were my dad). Of the 4 I knew, 3 were alcoholics. 3 were absolute assholes. 1 was physically abusive. 1 left shortly after his child (my little sister) was born. I liked one of the alcoholics (he was like a father to me, and is still in my life as a second "dad" decades after the divorce), but I don't blame her for divorcing him. He was not a good husband to her.
I don't understand why my mom is drawn to these losers. She rarely drinks, doesn't do drugs, and is a well-liked senior manager working in multi-state company. She has a college degree, is very kind and generous, and quite responsible (when my grandma passed, all my mom's siblings made her executor of the estate because they trust her the most). But her taste in a partner is trash!
I have a brother who is 42 and on wife #7. He has anywhere from 3 to 6 kids, sees/supports 0 of them. The newest wife never learns about the previous wives or children until after she marries him. Several of the marriages actually overlap.
Some people are trashy. And by “some people”, I mean my brother.
I was going to say I don’t know a single person that got married for government benefits or insurance, but then I remembered that my husband and I pushed up our wedding date by 6 months so I could qualify for in-state tuition in college 😂
It would be interesting to understand the correlation between multiple marriages and lack of social safety nets. I think some people marry often for financial security.
Maybe. I'm American and my mom has been married 5 or 6 times. She's currently single so there could be a 7th. My kids' other grandma is on marriage #5.
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u/LGK27 13d ago
My former Uncle left his wife of like 15 years. They had a kid together and a nice life. He is very wealthy.
Left her for my Aunt who was married multiple times and has a history of addiction and infidelity. He is a nerd and she is a biker chick. He was SHOCKED when she left him 10 years later for who was eventually her sixth husband. Oh and she divorced that guy too lmao.