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11:40 am - 06/15/2010
Facebook is being cited in almost one in five of online divorce petitions, lawyers have claimed.
The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns.
Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners.
Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting and even affairs which have led to divorce. One law firm, which specialises in divorce, claimed almost one in five petitions they processed cited Facebook. Mark Keenan, Managing Director of Divorce-Online said: "I had heard from my staff that there were a lot of people saying they had found out things about their partners on Facebook and I decided to see how prevalent it was I was really surprised to see 20 per cent of all the petitions containing references to Facebook. "The most common reason seemed to be people having inappropriate sexual chats with people they were not supposed to."
Flirty emails and messages found on Facebook pages are increasingly being cited as evidence of unreasonable behaviour.
Computer firms have even cashed in by developing software allowing suspicious spouses to electronically spy on someone's online activities. One 35-year-old woman even discovered her husband was divorcing her via Facebook.
Conference organiser Emma Brady was distraught to read that her marriage was over when he updated his status on the site to read: "Neil Brady has ended his marriage to Emma Brady."
Last year a 28-year-old woman ended her marriage after discovering her husband had been having a virtual affair with someone in cyberspace he had never met.Amy Taylor 28, split from David Pollard after discovering he was sleeping with an escort in the game Second Life, a virtual world where people reinvent themselves.
Around 14 million Britons are believed to regularly use social networking sites to communicate with old friends or make new ones.
The popularity of the Friends Reunited website several years ago was also blamed for a surge in divorces as bored husbands and wives used it to contact old flames and first loves.
The UK’s divorce rate has fallen in recent years, but two in five marriages are still failing according the latest statistics.
Mr Keenan believes that the general divorce rate will rocket in 2010 with the recession taking the blame.
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Facebook fuelling divorce, research claims
Facebook is being cited in almost one in five of online divorce petitions, lawyers have claimed.
The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns.
Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners.
Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting and even affairs which have led to divorce. One law firm, which specialises in divorce, claimed almost one in five petitions they processed cited Facebook. Mark Keenan, Managing Director of Divorce-Online said: "I had heard from my staff that there were a lot of people saying they had found out things about their partners on Facebook and I decided to see how prevalent it was I was really surprised to see 20 per cent of all the petitions containing references to Facebook. "The most common reason seemed to be people having inappropriate sexual chats with people they were not supposed to."
Flirty emails and messages found on Facebook pages are increasingly being cited as evidence of unreasonable behaviour.
Computer firms have even cashed in by developing software allowing suspicious spouses to electronically spy on someone's online activities. One 35-year-old woman even discovered her husband was divorcing her via Facebook.
Conference organiser Emma Brady was distraught to read that her marriage was over when he updated his status on the site to read: "Neil Brady has ended his marriage to Emma Brady."
Last year a 28-year-old woman ended her marriage after discovering her husband had been having a virtual affair with someone in cyberspace he had never met.Amy Taylor 28, split from David Pollard after discovering he was sleeping with an escort in the game Second Life, a virtual world where people reinvent themselves.
Around 14 million Britons are believed to regularly use social networking sites to communicate with old friends or make new ones.
The popularity of the Friends Reunited website several years ago was also blamed for a surge in divorces as bored husbands and wives used it to contact old flames and first loves.
The UK’s divorce rate has fallen in recent years, but two in five marriages are still failing according the latest statistics.
Mr Keenan believes that the general divorce rate will rocket in 2010 with the recession taking the blame.
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Js.
im so sad bbs, my boyfriend broke up with me out of fucking nowhere yesterday, after 11 months D: he said it's because "he's too young (were both 19 and go to the same university) to be in a committed relationship"
FUCK HEARTBREAK DDDD:
I truly believe that if it is meant to be you'll find each other again.
on the bright side, at least it happened when you were 19 and actually commitment free. not 23 years old, 4 years in, living together for 3.5 years and a dog later. i got the "im too young, i need experiences" (and by experiences he meant a groupie with grills, tacky airbrushed acrylics and logos tattoed on her lol) by a 25 year old who proposed to me 6 months prior. its not a matter of age, but maturity. love and commitment-phones sucks bb. thats why i moved on and got myself a major upgrade >:)
my boyfriend of over 2 years broke up with me out of nowhere bc he "couldn't see himself marrying me" and he "just wants to be free this summer". hardest thing I've ever had to go through :/
You're young and at COLLEGE. It's the time to be figuring out who you are and what you want to do. I truly believe this is easier without a committed relationship. Once you've found yourself, you'll easily find someone who fits with you.
I know the dumped out of the blue feeling. Cry as much as you want and take the summer to get over it. In the fall, you go back to school with confidence, perhaps a few new cute outfits, and you focus on finding new friends and more-than-friends!
sry, i have strong feelings on this because i fear my bff is going to be in your situation soon and i want her to realize its all okay!
I tell ya, social networking is going to be the downfall of human relationships.
I also completely agree.
probably not, but these stories are a dime a dozen these days. sad :/
And Neil Brady is a dick. Damn.
SMH
fuck people will blame anything for their idiot actions. the problem is YOUUU douchebags.