Desi Muslim Dating in the West

[Ghost14]

Re: Desi Muslim Dating in the West

@Deeba1234

Said it a million times already but the divorce rates are not necessarily because marriages are happier.. In Muslim societies where divorce is easy (ie with less cultural stigma) and the people are wealthier their divorce rates match and even surpass those of many western societies.. Pakistanis aren’t respresentative of the whole Muslim word..

Saudi Arabia is said to have the second highest divorce rate in the world with around 62% of marriages ending in divorce, Kuwait more than 50%, Tunisia around 50% in the cities..

Desi culture makes divorce and remarriage MUCH harder for many so it’s no wonder our divorce rates are lower..

On the other hand, we shouldn’t be quick to scoff at the notion that a lot of those people are fairly happy. There’s a TED talk on this as well, but the lack of choice actually makes people happier. They rationalize that what they have is the best for them. Juxtapose that with the West, where people insist that they have to do everything with their partner before they tie the knot and still come out unhappy. Of course, I’m assuming this is for cases without abuse.

As usual, the truth is likely in the middle. We shouldn’t stigmatize divorce but let’s not pretend that making divorce the norm will be much better. People are idiots and if they aren’t “forced” to stay in marriages to some degree (again, relatively happy marriage without abuse) a lot of us will simply quit, when putting in the extra effort would have made us much happier in the long term.