Eric+Yoon



//__**Why are senior divorces occurring?**__// Mostly for Asian women, had no choice. Being divorced was either impossible or, if you could do it, you were a social outcast. Human is not used to isolation, and thus if one of their spouses dies, they are more likely to re-marry They are not bounded to children anymore. For Asian women, the society now allows women to divorce.
 * 1 Remaining grief**
 * 2 Death of spouse**
 * 3 Reduced communications between partners, suspicion, secretive behavior and impatience**
 * 4 Freedom from children**
 * 5 Changed society**

The most traditional reason, and love can be fulfilled more easily than previous days because they are no longer facing the societal pressures and judgments they once did it is certainly true that two people together can live on far less money than two people apart. Married couples enjoy economies of scale that single people simply can't equal—earning twice the pension when living together. 51 percent of married couples paid less tax jointly than they would have paid if they had been unmarried—about $1,300 less—according to a 1996 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis. But Social Security isn't only for retirees. It also serves as a family protection plan, which is an important consideration for many baby boomers who have started families (or second families) later in life.
 * //__Why are the senior re-marriages occurring?__//**
 * 1 Love**
 * 2 Cost of Living**
 * 3 Tax Benefits**
 * 4 Reason to Get Married Over 50: Social Security**

//__**What are the people’s perception toward senior divorce?**__//


 * Divorce After 27 Years of Marriage** - the authors’ own experience

It is not an easy thing being lonley, but I have found it is much worst being lonley while living with someone. - shelly l
 * Comments**:

I don’t think your marriage “failed”. You did your time. Moving on is a good thing. - LifeLongLearner

no matter how I explained myself or offered reconciliation, no matter the fact that I begged and pleaded for love and our relationship, everything was all my fault. -Dieing inside That’s why I am never getting married again. - carolalmost50

Many people agreed on her story, because of its persuasive contents.

__//**What about Korean seniors?**//__

This post isn't an indictment of all Korean men. There are some very good husbands and fathers just as there are some very bad ones. You find this anywhere. But Korea has been a hard-core patriarchal society for over a thousand years and only in the last 20 years are women beginning to come in to their own. Women especially hate the Confucianist system and encourage the little breakdowns like this. I teach a class of 30 women twice a week, all housewives, most of them middle-aged, and we talk about topics like this from time to time.
 * Partriachal society**

In early 20th century Korea, contributed to the subordination of women. in contemporary Korea, wom n who are minimally educated and lack resources to lead an independent life (in particular economic lly), have little access to state or social support, bound by `moral' obligations, are virtually locked up n their domestic lives, Women are to blame, for rising divorce rate. women seeking for divorce have failed to consider it `matter of course' to `sacrifice themselves or the sake of their children' by upholding the `virtue to endure even the violence and adultery of their husband'

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http://www.greatdivorceadvice.com/divorce/divorce-for-seniors.htm