I recently started following the divorce attorney @jettiegirl28 on TikTok because she has a LOT of really interesting observations about relationships and divorce to share.
Today she shared a series of videos covering the top six reasons she sees people get divorced (see part one above, part two below). In no particular order, these are the reasons:
1. Abuse (of any kind)
2. Finances (debt, not filing taxes for years, etc.)
3. Rebound marriages (second, third, fourth, etc. marriages where they didn't allow themselves to heal after their previous marriage)
4. College sweethearts (got pressured into getting married and grew apart over time)
5. Stale bread marriages (essentially, they settle)
6. Significant events (a major life event happens that makes one or both parties realize life is too short to be miserable any longer)
The attorney goes more in depth on each of these reasons, so I recommend watching her videos to gain more context.
Something that really stood out to me in her first of two videos on this topic was that adultery isn't a reason people get divorced. Rather, adultery is a symptom of something else.