Divorce lawyers reveal the CRAZIEST reasons why people ended marriages

‘The husband didn’t have enough hair on his chest’: Divorce lawyers reveal the CRAZIEST reasons why couples have ended their marriages

  • A dark and very entertaining Reddit thread sees lawyers and paralegals sharing the most bizarre reasons clients have given for their divorces 
  • Lawyers began chiming in after someone started the thread by asking, ‘Divorce lawyers of Reddit, what’s the most outrageous reason someone filed for divorce’
  • The stories range from the horrifying to the hilarious, with one person revealing that a couple in their 80s got divorced because the wife played too much bingo
  • Another shared that their client decided he ‘didn’t like his wife anymore’, just two days after they married  

In sickness and in health, until… disinterest do us part! At least that is the view that some married couples are taking, according to a fascinating thread that sees divorce lawyers revealing the shocking, dark and sometimes unintentionally hilarious reasons that couples opt to split. 

A user by the guise of dankph, believed to be from the US, called for divorce lawyers on Reddit to share the intimate details of their client’s personal lives.   

What ensued was an overwhelming 18,000 comments from legal professionals and commentators, dishing the dirt on the reasons why couples decide to call it quits.   

Petty: An engrossing Reddit thread revealed the sometimes mind-boggling reasons that couples decide to get divorced (stock image)

Viral: A thread calling for lawyers to dish the details on why their clients got divorced attracted over 18,000 comments 

A Reddit user, based near Washington, D.C., offered her experience of dealing with grooms’ mothers. 

Posting, ironically, under the username ellewoods (inspired by Reese Witherspoon’s glamorous character in the Legally Blonde movies), the lawyer revealed how it’s often the mother-in-law pushing for a divorce.      

‘I’ve had a lot of younger male potential clients come in for divorce consults with their mother,’ she said. ‘Then, during the consult, the mother does 98% of the talking, and it’s clear who actually wants the divorce. (I’ll usually escort Mom to wait in the lobby while I talk to the son directly, and most of the time he’s just there to appease his mother.)’

The commentor also recalled an outrageous incident, whereby a mother called ‘for a consult because she said explicitly she wanted her son to get a divorce’ – leaving the lawyer to ‘politely inform her that’s not how divorces worked’. 

Baffled users replied criticizing these men and their lack of maturity if ‘mommy controls everything’.

In another case of mothers overstepping their boundaries, a user revealed that their mother’s friend eventually divorced her husband because his mother, whom they lived with, would ‘powder his back’ for him after he showered. 

‘They couldn’t lock their bedroom door because his mother would come in as and when she wanted. If they locked the door, she would knock repeatedly asking what they were doing,’ the comment continued.  

Some awful cases involved parents who fought over their children more than anything else. 

In more, inadvertently hilarious posts, lawyers detailed the bizarre reasons that marriages descended into divorce. Fights over bingo, Star Wars and loudly chewing food seemed to be fairly common.

Language barrier: A man whose wife purposefully talked about him in a language he couldn’t understand eventually called it quits 

‘My aunt had a case where the wife had glued all of the outdoor hoses together so he (wouldn’t) spend more time washing his vehicle anymore. When the glue (didn’t) work she just cut them all up. When he bought new ones (she) filed for divorce,’ one person shared. 

It seems that pets are also a reason for individuals to get the claws out.

‘A couple got divorced over a cat. Wife called cat Snowball because of white fur and only wanted the cat to eat wet food or chicken breast. Husband called cat Lily again because of white fur and believed it should only eat dry food. These two argued for a year over custody of the cat but did not give a s**t about their human kids aged 15 months, 4 years, and 6 years old,’ a paralegal wrote. 

A lawyer, who was interning at the time of this occurrence, said that their ‘favorite’ memory was when a ‘couple filed because they both came out as homosexual.’

In one saddening case, a lawyer revealed that a couple who had been married for a veritable lifetime decided to get divorced.  

Tear jerker: A couple’s 60-year marriage ending caused upset among commentors 

‘My 90 year old client (the husband) and his son retained me to initiate divorce proceedings with his 88 year old wife. They’d been married 60 years. The wife had recently taken to beating him with his own cane, because their daughter poisoned her into thinking he was hiding money from them. The battle came down to husband and son versus wife and daughter,’ the user horrifiedwitness wrote.

‘At their first court appearance, my client showed up in an old 1950s style pin stripe suit and fedora. He was a farmer his whole life, and this was clearly the only suit he owned. He was such a meek and lovely old gentleman,’ they added. 

‘I had to pass my client onto a new lawyer midway through the proceedings because I accepted a job in a different country, but I understand the divorce was eventually granted.’ 

Many users chimed in expressing sadness over the detail about the ‘lovely old’ man only owning one suit. 

Devil: A chilling incident was shared whereby the client was intent on exorcising his wife

Fortune: A man who spent all his money on palm readings was given the boot 

In a scenario that echoes a famous scene in the movie Mrs. Doubtfire, a user (not a lawyer) wrote about their ‘father’s best friend’ and the reason he ultimately left his wife.  

‘Apparently, everyday he would come home to amazing cooked meals. Here, she couldn’t cook at all and was ordering food from different restaurants. She even went as far as dirtying pots and pans to make it look like she cooked all day. She got a way with this for almost a year before he caught on. This was back in the day before you could check your bank statements online, and since she did all the billing, he didn’t notice how much money was missing that she was spending on take out,’ the user shared. 

Battle: Some unions don’t last longer than the wedding reception

A commentor recalled an incident that really summed up the 1970s. 

‘My dad was a divorce lawyer. He had a client who wanted to divorce her husband for 2 reasons: 1.  He did not have enough hair on his chest. 2. He did not drive fast enough. Keep in mind this was in the 70’s when chest hair was a bit more important,’ the post read. 

In words of wisdom that every prospective newlyweds should do well to adhere to, a user with the handle pigswalkupright urged couple’s to speak up before shelling out for a union they’re not sure about.

They said, ‘My cousin did this at 3 mos after her parents had paid out $20k for the wedding (early 80s). She told me years later that she realized it during the engagement but didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. I told both my kids – f**k feelings if you want out do it before it costs money!!’ 

Tales of penny-pinching, OCD husbands were also common: with one lawyer recalling a man whom would not let his family use more than one square of toilet paper at a time.    

But the ultimate kicker?  The man who told his divorce lawyer, ‘I didn’t like her anymore’ two days after they got married. 

Mommy dearest: A Washington, D.C.-based lawyer revealed that mothers are sometimes the force to be reckoned with 

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