Although the common causes of divorce include one or both parties falling out of love, cheating, arguing regularly or committing acts of domestic violence, a humorous story that recently started to trend socially online shows that the underlying problem is often poor communication: A judge must make a determination in a heterosexual couple’s divorce case.
Each time the judge asks the wife questions about her marriage, the wife responds with an unrelated answer. For example, when the judge asks her about the “grounds” for the divorce and the “foundation” of the case, she describes her home and the attached acreage and the foundation’s construction materials.
The judge tries another angle and asks about her “relations” with her husband and whether there is a “grudge,” but the wife responds by describing relatives and a two-car carport.
The judge tries yet again and asks about infidelity and abuse, but the wife responds that their children have stereos since she and her husband dislike music and that her husband gets up before her.
At his wit’s end, the judge decides to go the direct route and simply asks why the wife wants the divorce. Her response drives the communication message home: She doesn’t want a divorce.
Her husband wants it because he claims that he can’t “communicate” with her. A lot of people have debated why the husband did not tell the wife that she needs a hearing aid with some believing that the husband merely used the communication problem as an excuse.
