Share this on WhatsApp The Malaysia’s Women, Family and Community Development Ministry listed the following reasons for divorce or separation in Malaysia: Misunderstanding Infidelity Interference by in-laws Irresponsible behaviour According to Deputy Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun, the first 5 years of marriage are usually the most challenging. Amongst the non-Muslims, there were 9,029 divorces in 2014 and 9,326 divorces in 2015. See: Martin Carvalho, Loshana K. Shagar, Nicholas Cheng and D/ Kanyakumari, “Infidelity among reasons why couples divorce in Malaysia”, The Star/ ANN, 15 November 2016 Reasons for divorce and separation in Singapore From my experience as a family
Share this on WhatsApp I came across an article on single father Michael Ray. Ray is 50 and he is the sole care-giver to Charlie, his 4 year-old daughter. In the article, Ray revealed the questions and comments he hears on a frequent basis. Some of the most common phrases include: “Are you babysitting today?” “Is Daddy in charge today?” “Do you want to call your wife and check?” “Who does her hair and nails?” “Every little girl needs her mum!” “You’ll need help when she gets to puberty!” “I bet you would’ve loved a son?” Ray recently persuaded a
Share this on WhatsApp Canadian actress Christy Chung married Chinese actor Zhang Lunshuo in a fairytale wedding in Beijing on 8 November 2016. This is Chung’s third marriage. Her 3 daughters, Yasmine Ross, 18, from her first marriage; Jaden Yen, 8, and Cayla Yen, 6, from her second marriage attended the wedding. Zhang and Chung reportedly met on dating show “Perhaps Love” and started dating. Chung wore a traditional Chinese wedding dress for the morning ceremony and a bridal gown and veil in the afternoon. At the “Under the Sea” theme wedding in a hotel, Chung said: “He’s given me a
Share this on WhatsApp A couple’s parenting differences can lead to divorce. In one case handled by Ms. Monica Christine Fernando, a marriage and family counsellor at Reach Counselling: The mother, a civil servant, felt that she should the one nurturing and caring for the children. The father was soft-hearted. When he attempted to discipline the children, they did not listen and would ask their mother about what she thought instead. On one occasion, the father wanted to buy the daughter a guitar but the mother disagreed as she felt it was too expensive. The father had to play a
Share this on WhatsApp As the world evolves, new jobs emerge. “Mistress hunters” are now appearing in China. They are paid to approach mistresses to earn their trust and persuade them to end their affairs with married men. Some women in China do not want a divorce as they fear falling into financial hardship. Hence, they hire mistress hunters to get rid of the mistresses. Being a mistress hunter is clearly not an easy job. Mistress hunters are usually women trained in psychology, sociology or law. They receive 3 years of training before being deployed. One company that offers such
Share this on WhatsApp A pre-divorce parenting programme- the mandatory parenting programme (MPP)– will be introduced at the end of 2016. The change will affect couples who: Have at least one child younger than the age of 14; and Disagree on any divorce matter (including issues involving ground of divorce, custody, maintenance and asset). The scheme will eventually cover couples who have at least one child younger than the age of 21. As such, if you intend to commence divorce proceedings in 2017 or after and fulfil the above criteria, you may need to sign up for the programme prior
Share this on WhatsApp This week’s episode of Channel 5’s On The Red Dot (aired on 18 November 2016) examined spousal abuse. 2 women shared their stories on domestic violence. Jane (not her real name) suffered her husband’s abuse silently for several years. She was beaten up even when she was pregnant. Jane described her ordeal: there were times “I couldn’t even scream because my kids were outside. I didn’t want to wake them up.” In one particularly horrifying instance, Jane’s husband kept hitting her until she told him that she was really going to die. Jane admitted that she
Share this on WhatsApp A man in Pennsylvania used an innovative way to catch his wife cheating. John G deployed a drone which followed his wife to work. The drone ended up capturing John G’s wife walking to a parking lot from home. She had used a different route from the one she normally took. A man subsequently turned up in a SUV. The video captured John’s wife kissing and embracing the man. John G was so shocked that he only confronted his wife of 18 years 2 days after filming the video. He later posted the video on YouTube.
Share this on WhatsApp I came across an article on Daily Mail Online which presented revelations from people who have been dumped and those who called it quits on their wedding at the last minute. Reddit user Fluffledoodle revealed that she left a man at the altar. She froze when she realized that she “didn’t love him as much as [she] craved the safety and security” that marriage would bring. Fluffledoodle was a recent divorcee. User Scrappy_Larue “bailed” out just two days before the marriage. He had jokingly proposed to a woman whose visa was expiring in what he termed
Share this on WhatsApp It was reported in a Straits Times article that different parenting styles can cause marital conflicts. For example, parents sometimes disagree over co-sleeping with a child. One parent may prefer co-sleeping while the other may want the child to get used to sleeping alone. In other instances, parents may disagree over the way a child is disciplined and brought up. One parent may believe in the cane, while the other places his/ her trust in the carrot. One lawyer interviewed said that if parents “can’t get along, it will affect their parenting.” The lawyer has encountered
