Better Divorced Than Dead Inside

Why staying “for the kids” kills marriages, men, women, and families faster than divorce ever could

Let me be blunt: An apathetic marriage is worse than no marriage.

Husbands and Wives like to think that “staying together for the kids” is the best move, so they play the part, live under the same roof, and silently dissolve into someone who has and is nothing...

These folks don’t want to admit that children can feel the cold war between parents; they see the fake smiles, the lack of touch, the absence of passion, the quiet resentment that builds like mold behind the walls.

That environment doesn’t save kids; it scars them and leaves them with a broken example to follow when they enter their relationships.

The truth?

Kids don’t need parents who tolerate each other; they need parents who want each other. They need to see what real love looks like, not a hostage situation that everyone’s too scared to escape.

A loveless, apathetic marriage is a death sentence.

A marriage filled with passion, lust, trust, and commitment is inspirational and will serve as an excellent template for the children who witness it firsthand.

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If you’ve given up on your marriage, if you’ve stopped caring, stopped touching, stopped fighting for each other, then you’re already dead inside…

Dragging that corpse of a relationship around “for the kids” isn’t noble; it’s selfish.

When you stop becoming your best self for your spouse, you don’t just fail them; you fail your children and all of the potential futures you once had with an enjoyable lifetime commitment to your spouse.

Here are four things a real marriage requires: