‘They divorced over a $4 book’: People Share Stories About Petty Divorces

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Eleonora Bader
Apr 10, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

People get divorced for all kinds of reasons. They fall out of love, they can't stand their in-laws, they have dissimilar parenting styles, one hates blueberries and the other likes them. Oh wait, that last one was… quite petty. What are the most entertaining but petty reasons people get a divorce? Well, you'll find out once you scroll down and read this oh-so-bitter (but funny) thread about married people who were done with their spouses. For the weirdest reasons. I know people who got divorced and I never saw it coming. They claim it's because the other person didn't pick up the towel after they showered, and the other claims it's because they left the dirty dishes in the sink. But never have I ever read about such hilarious and strange reasons people called it quits. Scroll down and check it out for yourself, and then check out these funny stories about employees quitting on their first day.

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    "They called it quits... over a $4 book."
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    What is the most petty reason someone has gotten a divorce?
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    CaptainMinimum9802 1 day ago edited 12 hr. ago My MIL and her second husband: they both sell 2nd hand books, they had a large hall where they kept the books, divided by a middle path. There had fallen a book out of a box and laid in the middle on the path. They had such a fight about whose book it was, they divorced over it. The book was worth 4 dollars and they both made 150k+ per year.
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    Edit: D nn this comment blew up, to answer the most asked questions: 1. No, i don't know who ended up with the book 2. It was a children's book about a bear 3. Yes she makes a lot of money with it. They had deals with 2nd hand shops, companies who clean out houses of people that passed etc that they could go through their books and buy them for a few bucks per book. Books can be very expensive if you know what to look for, science, theology of philosophy books can sometimes go for 200 or 300 buc
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    SmOw2 19 hr. ago My uncle divorced his 6th wife because he wanted remarry his first wife. 777 Reply Share LittleLui 18 hr. ago The circle of wife! 1.5k Reply Share
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    myguitarplaysit · 23 hr. ago Someone I currently work with used to work in an oncology department where one of the doctors divorced his wife for getting c、cer. Everyone in the department basically hated him. M I recall my colleague saying that new hires were all informed of what he'd done, so everyone could be on the same page of knowing he was a terrible person. From what I hear, his wife beat the ca cer and I think the guy eventually changed hospitals he worked at. 5.0k Reply Share
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    confusingphilosopher · 21 hr. ago Julius Caesar got a divorce because of rumors his wife had an affair. He publicly said she didn't do it, but divorced her anyway "because the wife of Caesar must be above suspicion". 2.7k Reply Share Little-Giraffe5655 21 hr. ago Someone needs to take that guy down a peg or two. 1.2k Reply Share
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    WatchingInSilence. 22 hr. ago Grandma sued her 2nd husband for a divorce because he got me a puppy for my 7th birthday (she felt the puppy outshined her present to me). 2.5k Reply Share
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    ashcoop87 23 hr. ago I'm a divorce attorney. Had a client whose wife filed for divorce because she didn't get along with his sister ONE TIME. They had one disagreement. Seriously. That was it. He didn't stick up for his wife, she got mad, and filed for divorce. She said on the stand that they had a great marriage, he was a good father, but that one incident was too much. The judge told them "this is the dumbest reason I've ever seen anyone get divorced." And he'd been a judge for 20+ years. 3.4k
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    gumpthehump 19 hr. ago I have a cousin who has been married 4 times for a year and a half collectively. The most recent divorce happened after a month when she told him he needed to cut the grass since it was tall. He got all pred off and called it quits. Their preacher went to talk to him and told him "well she's right. The grass is getting tall. You do need to cut it." My cousins response was "I know that but ain't no woman gonna tell me what to do!" 987 Reply Share
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    4purpleroses 1 day ago edited 17 hr. ago My grandma divorced her 5th husband because he wouldn't let her remodel their kitchen. I didn't like him but it was a dumb reason to divorce in my opinion. Edit- there's no doubt my grandma is the issue. We apologize to people that have to meet her.
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    MonsieurSundae . 1 day ago A friend got divorced by his wife of three months. When the wife was asked what was wrong, she said that it was nothing, he just snored loudly. In the worst case, they could have had separate bedrooms. 2.4k Reply Share
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    anteru 22 hr. ago "I fell out of love with you after your dad d d. I know you were grieving, but I had needs too!" My ex wife everyone. Her excuse for cheating and immediately moving in with the other guy. 1.6k Reply Share
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    Bland_Boring_Jessica 1 day ago edited 8 hr. ago I knew this couple (the guy was three years younger than me and we went to school together as kids) where the husband was a farmer and he put his wife through school and she got her degrees (she started off as a nurse and worked her way up) and became a PA. Once she started working at a doctor's office, she thought she was too smart for her dumb farmer husband and divorced him because he wasn't educated and he wasn't up to her level of intelligence
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    TannenFalconwing. 23 hr. ago They may not have gotten divorced because of it, but I know of a couple that fought over who got the canned fruit at their divorce trial. 468 Reply Share ZaftigFeline 23 hr. ago Like Libby's canned peaches or artisan handmade small batch preserves from organic hand harvest local heirloom fruit? 145 Reply Share
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    anukka - 22 hr. ago edited 22 hr. ago My ex became a gym bro after getting married. Two years into it he asked for a divorce because he was upset I did not know how much weight he was lifting in the leg press machine. Some months before he had "banned me" from going with him to the gym because I did not match his vibe, so when I returned I was kind of doing my thing and my own routine, but not focusing fully on him was apparently the wrong move. So well, that. Na ist type. Obviously he had a new
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    TestPilotIan 23 hr. ago A family friend: “Because I married the wrong brother". 2 years later she married the older brother and they've been happily married for the last 20 years and have a kid together. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Wonderful-Strain-436 20 hr. ago edited 13 hr. ago I hope my friend doesn't mind me sharing this story but her husband divorced her after 3 months because she wasn't cuddling or affectionate enough for him.. mind you this was her first marriage let alone first relationship and this was his 3rd marriage. They both worked full time but he worked 2hrs away and would sometimes have to stay the night at work because it was more convenient for him all around. But when he got home he expected food, and
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    Quokka_Queen · 22 hr. ago I volunteer at an animal shelter. A couple came in one day and got into a huge argument over one of our cats. She had a temporary shelter name on the door: Tinkerbell. The woman thought it was an adorable name and just perfect for the kitty. The husband absolutely refused to have anything to do with the name Tinkerbell and insisted that if they did adopt the cat, they'd have to change her name. There followed about 15 minutes of off and on bickering, with her insisting
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    cat's name when they adopt. But she said that changing an animal's name was cruel and anyway, her cat was absolutely a Tinkerbell. Then she persisted in speaking to the poor creature in that awful baby-talk people use when confronted with adorable animals. I thought she was pretty annoying. Apparently her husband thought so too because after a few more minutes of her cooing at poor Tinkerbell, the husband abruptly said, "I don't want a pet named Tinkerbell. In fact, I don't want a pet at all. I
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    flonkhonkers 1 day ago A friend's parents went through a divorce and then ... just kept going like the divorce never happened and are still together to this day. Don't know what the reason was, but it must have been petty. 1.2k Reply Share
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    juancake511 17 hr. ago Not divorce but apparently my brother's wife's sister called off her wedding because New Kids On The Block were doing a reunion tour and she decided she'd rather go to the concert than get married. 131 131 Reply Share
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    AgentOmegaNM - 1 day ago A friend of mine had a se ure during the night. Ended up in the ICU for a couple of days then was on a LOA for 90 days. The day after he found out that he was going to need to take an LOA his wife went and filed for divorce, stating that without his regular level of income he was "useless" to her. 3.0k Reply Share helixflush 1 day ago Fu In yikes imagine explaining that to a judge 1.4k Reply Share
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    Ko_DaBomb 21 hr. ago My ex wife left me a couple weeks after I medically discharged from the military because she "wanted to be with someone who could take care of her" and ended up getting with another guy in the military. Just chasing benefits 452 Reply Share ...
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    HumbleDot371 - 1 day ago My ex sat me down on a Saturday, after 13 years together, to let me know he was leaving me because he was bored. 919 ⇓ Reply Share
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    DariusPumpkinRex · 18 hr. ago My friend claims his wife divorced him for no reason and that he did nothing to deserve this. The wife said he spent 92% of their time together with his face in his phone. I can corroborate this because that's the same reason I stopped hanging out with him. I'd be telling a story and I'd look over to him and he'd be typing away on his phone, not listening to a d n thing I'm saying. 367 Reply Share
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    Quirky_Movie 1 day ago My former boss ended her engagement because he kept dropping his underwear on the floor and leaving them. She was fit to be tied over it. Swore he kept his end up in every other way, but this. 363 Reply Share
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    sugar_rush_05 · 18 hr. ago I wish I was kidding but a girl I knew from my track team, initiated the divorce because his husband bought an Android phone. Her reasoning was that his old account was synced on their shared devices so she could see what he was up to, but now with android, he must be hiding something. Good thing they were only married for less than 6 months. 163 Reply Share
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    raerae1991 1 day ago I had a friend divorce one of her 7 husbands because he booted her dog off the bed. 504 Reply Share germdisco 1 day ago Easy to lose one husband when you still got six left 496 Reply Share
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    HardKnocksBusiness 22 hr. ago My mom divorced my step dad because he inherited 15k from his mother who c d and used it on his own vehicle. He payed all the bills for her, she gets social secuirty and that's “hers”. She's a horrible person who only cares about money. 330 Reply Share ...
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    torgue_smart 1 day ago The husband kept putting wet/used towel on their bed. After several complaints and no changes, the wife got fed up and filed for a divorce. 750 Reply Share
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