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Think About the Impact of Divorce
You want to think very carefully about the decision to divorce.
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Understand what divorce is like. The experience of divorce is
probably very different than you imagine. Learn as much as you can
about what it would be like. There are many people who say that if
they had really known what divorce would be like, they never would have
gotten divorced. The text about divorce in this program may be a
starting point. The books we recommend are also good sources to
consider.
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Look ahead financially. In this program, you might also want to
use the financial calculations of the program to estimate what your
standard of living will be. There are people who say that if they
had understood just how poor, and how displaced, they would become,
that they would not have divorced.
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Take your time. Often marriages have rocky patches and then recover. People are
often very uncertain about the status of the marriage for a long
time, and about what to do to improve it. Contrary to popular myth,
in most cases, the partner who asks for the divorce contemplates it
for months, or even years, before making a decision.
If you finally conclude that there is nothing you can (or want to) do
to recover your marriage, and that you understand what divorce means,
then you will make the decision to divorce.
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