Dudes Reveal the Moment They Decided to Divorce Their Wives

Redditors reveal the frightening reasons they decided to leave their wives for good.

A man tearing a marriage certificate in half.
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A man tearing a marriage certificate in half.

A man tearing a marriage certificate in half.

Though there are many factors that lead up to divorce, the decision to end a marriage is rarely easy. Some couples will part ways on amicable terms, while others will either run for their lives or make it their sole mission to destroy their ex-lover’s entire existence. The nature of the split often depends on the catalyst of the divorce, which can be anything from simply wanting different things out of life to finding your spouse in bed with your best friend.

One Redditor was interested in this very topic, and decided to ask men what ultimately pushed them to file a divorce.

“Divorced men of Reddit: What moment with your former wife made me think ‘Yup, I'm asking this girl to divorce me’?” Slayer_of_Gingers asked.

As expected, some of the answers were pretty wild. You can check out some of the more notable—and depressing—responses below.

“When she staged a robbery of our house so she could pawn all of my shit for drug money.” — Carpe_cerevisiae

“The morning I saw a picture of some dudes dick on her phone. She was classy enough to bring him to the divorce proceedings...” — TheMulletBurden

“When she said, ‘You didn't pray hard enough and that's why our son has cancer. That's why I'm sleeping with my prayer partner.’”  — CarterLawler

“I was at work and got a call from my grandparents that she had shot our dog, Zoey, that was laying on the bed with her. We were separated before that for other reasons, but that's when I ponied up a few grand and went to an attorney to file. I really miss her. The dog, I mean.” — Jericho85

“Dunno, mighta been when the doctor told me I had a STI, and I hadn't had sex with anyone apart from her for many years and was completely clean of disease beforehand. Oh yeah, and a couple weeks later when that pregnancy test came back positive and we'd been using condoms since the baby was born. A bit of a clue, anyway.” — thesuperevilclown

“When I went to lunch with some co-workers, pulled into an empty parking space, and saw, in the SUV next to my car, her giving a bj to a stranger.” — clark1409

“Besides the narcissism, random violence and violent outbursts, it was her strange punishments. Her last one doomed her. My crime? I forgot milk on the way home from work so she didn't talk to me, not one word, for a week. PURE BLISS, for a week. When she asked if I was ready to apologize I handed her the divorce papers. ‘Why?’ ‘Because you rob me of solitude but provide me with no companionship.’” — henrysmyagent

“When she cheated on our taxes. I did not ask. She went to prison for almost a year.” — Aye_or_Nay

“Came back from Iraq on leave, she was pregnant. That pretty much did it for me.” — punkrawkisneat

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