A Story of Divorce

Everyone who goes into marriage doesn’t think that they will end up in a divorce. A perfect loving couple who promise a love that would last for a life time will end up in a divorce. Who knew this could possibly happen?

In this entry, I would like to share a story of someone I know who is now separated with his husband. Let’s name the girl Jane and the guy Tarzan. Tarzan and Jane were high school sweethearts. They were together since third year high school and after both had stable jobs after college, they decided to get married. Both Jane and Tarzan came from a wealthy family. Tarzan was the favourite son of his parents and never had to look for a job because after graduating, he worked for his dad. Jane, same to Tarzan, also came from a rich family. Jane had a big family business that’s why when they got married, all of their relatives were proud and happy for them, thinking them as a perfect loving couple.

After 9 years of marriage, they already had three children, the eldest who is 8 years old and the youngest who is 3 years old. They were a happy family but who knew that because of money, their relationship will be tested. Jane was a signatory in their family business. Jane’s family business was not doing well that’s why they ended up owing people some money. So what Jane did was, he borrowed money from his husband Tarzan. It was a huge amount of money but Tarzan lend it to Jane. Jane’s family business finally closed down because of “nalugi” and they still owe someone huge amount of money. Jane’s family went all went to China to hide but Jane didn’t come with them because her children and her husband are still in the Philippines.

Through time, the couple fought about the money Jane borrowed from Tarzan, They kept on fighting about it because in fact, it was a big amount of money. Because of this issue, both decided to cool things off. Jane is not living with Tarzan and her children. But she gets to visit them every Sunday after work. They don’t talk to each other anymore and if they need something from the other, they will ask their children to talk to do the talking. Because of money, their long relationship came to an end. The 3 children are with Tarzan because Tarzan is the one who is still financially able to raise the children. Their 3 children are still young and they are the ones suffering just because of the money.

This is just one story of many couples who ended up in a divorce because of money. Like what I’ve mentioned in my previous blogs, one of the top reasons why couples separate is because of financial problems. Both of them did lose a big amount of money, but they still have enough funds to live. Money tested their relationship and both of them failed. Money can still be earned but relationship once broken; it’s hard to get it back.