Thecoupleisgettingadivorce.Writeabriefshortstoryaboutthiscoupleincludingdetailsonsomeofthefollowing: theircourtship,wedding,earlyyearstogether,kids,howtheydecidedtodivorce,aftermathofthedivorceincluding housing,finances,childcustody,andremarriage.Thestoryshouldbefiction,buteverydetailmustalignwiththefacts wehavelearnedaboutdivorceinthisclass. Hereiincluded2samplessoyouhaveabetterideaofwhatineed.Pleasemakesurethedocumentisoriginal becauseihadabadexperiencebeforesoialwayscheckitsoriginality. Alsoineedittobebetween250to300wordsandonesourcerequired. Thankyou
Samplestory#1
Ruby and Joemetwhentheyweresophomoresinhighschool.Shewasshyandartistic.Shekepttoherself most of the time. Hewasthe classclownwholovedtobe the centerofattention.Itwashardforhimtoget herattentionatfirst,butoncehedid,hehaditfor10years. They dated all through high school, only needing to takea break once. Hekept her spontaneousand she kept him grounded. They seemed to be a perfect pair. All their friends wished tobe likethem, and could neverdreamofbeingwithanyoneelse. Theygotmarried threemonths after theygraduated.Theybothonlyworkedparttimejobs,sotheykeptthe wedding small, but itwas intimate and beautiful. Rubysmother cried asherlittlegirlwalkeddowntheaisle in a princess dress that looked too oldfor her. Both of their parentswerenervous,buthad faith thattheir youngchildrenwouldbeabletomakeitwork,justastheyhadallthroughhighschool. They went to college together and rented out a house close to campus. The first couple years of their marriage were happy. Sure, they fought every once in a while, as every new married couple does. They went through some growing pains, but came out stronger. Ruby excelledinschool. She continuously got onto the Deans list and worked hard to gain scholarships. Joe was not so successful in school. He surroundedhimselfwith friends Ruby didnotlike.Theyalways invited Joeouttoparties.AtfirstRubywent with him,butquickly grewtiredofthescene and startedstaying homewhile hewent out.More often than not,hewouldstayoutuntilthree orfourin themorning,passoutinbed,andsleepthroughhisfirst coupleof classes.Inthemiddle of their sophomore yearofcollege,Rubygotpregnant.Whiletheywerebothexcited, Ruby was nervous. Her planwastowaituntiltheywere donewith collegesotheycouldbe morestable. But thatdidnthappen,soshetooklifeinstride. Comejunior yearof college, Joedidnotreapply.Heworked aparttimejobatagasstation,andspent most nightsoutpartying with hisfriendsfromcollege. Rubygavebirthtoabeautifullittlegirl,andthetwoof them were the happiest they had been in a while. Joe quit the partying and pickedup a second jobdelivering pizzasatnight. Rubypickedupmoreonlineclasses,andtriedtomakeitwork.Forayear,thethreeofthem wereahappy,hardworkinglittlefamily,tryingtomaketheirsituationsworkasbestastheycould. One night, Joe got into a fight with oneofthecustomershedeliveredpizzatoandlosthisjob.Thisopened evenings back up, and he got back into the partying scene. Money became tighter, Joe became less present,andRuby ended uphavingtodropoutofschool with only onesemester left. Theirfamilywas no longer happy.JoeandRubygotintofightsalmost nightly,occasionally withthem endingineitherphysicalor
emotionalabusefrombothparties.Neitherofthembelievedindivorce,though. Rather,theylivedasthough theotherwasnotthere.Theyusedseparatebedrooms,rarelytalkedandwhentheydidtalk,theyfought. After three yearsofdeepunhappiness,Ruby ended upfallingin lovewitha coworkerather desk job.Joe found out and demandedadivorce. Atthispoint,there was nothing keepingthemtogether exceptfortheir daughter,andsoRubyagreed. Severalyearslater,thetwoofthemreconnectedandlearnedhowtheyweredoing: Ruby had not remarried still. She was being very careful in [her] selection of [a]secondpartner,(Zinn, Eitzen,& Wells,2011)andsawtoomanythingsshedidnotlikeinhim.Oncetheirdaughterwasoldenough to start school, Ruby finished up her degree and is now verybusy with a successful job and raising their daughter. Joehadmatured a lot sincetheirdivorce. He was currently engagedtoawomanhemetat thegasstation. She did an intervention for his lifestyle and really brought him back to reality.He was working ongetting higher education and was actually really serious about it. He told her that he learned a lot about their marriage he was more tolerant, more willing to compromise, more aware of the need to integrate their different styles of living, and better able to anticipate problems and workthemoutbeforethey snowball, (Zinnetal.,2011). Overall,bothofthemhadlearnedalotfromtheirmarriageandwishedeachotherwell.
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Ruby and Joemetwhentheyweresophomoresinhighschool.Shewasshyandartistic.Shekepttoherself most of the time. Hewasthe classclownwholovedtobe the centerofattention.Itwashardforhimtoget herattentionatfirst,butoncehedid,hehaditfor10years. They dated all through high school, only needing to takea break once. Hekept her spontaneousand she kept him grounded. They seemed to be a perfect pair. All their friends wished tobe likethem, and could neverdreamofbeingwithanyoneelse. Theygotmarried threemonths after theygraduated.Theybothonlyworkedparttimejobs,sotheykeptthe wedding small, but itwas intimate and beautiful. Rubysmother cried asherlittlegirlwalkeddowntheaisle in a princess dress that looked too oldfor her. Both of their parentswerenervous,buthad faith thattheir youngchildrenwouldbeabletomakeitwork,justastheyhadallthroughhighschool. They went to college together and rented out a house close to campus. The first couple years of their marriage were happy. Sure, they fought every once in a while, as every new married couple does. They went through some growing pains, but came out stronger. Ruby excelledinschool. She continuously got onto the Deans list and worked hard to gain scholarships. Joe was not so successful in school. He surroundedhimselfwith friends Ruby didnotlike.Theyalways invited Joeouttoparties.AtfirstRubywent with him,butquickly grewtiredofthescene and startedstaying homewhile hewent out.More often than not,hewouldstayoutuntilthree orfourin themorning,passoutinbed,andsleepthroughhisfirst coupleof classes.Inthemiddle of their sophomore yearofcollege,Rubygotpregnant.Whiletheywerebothexcited,
Ruby was nervous. Her planwastowaituntiltheywere donewith collegesotheycouldbe morestable. But thatdidnthappen,soshetooklifeinstride. Comejunior yearof college, Joedidnotreapply.Heworked aparttimejobatagasstation,andspent most nightsoutpartying with hisfriendsfromcollege. Rubygavebirthtoabeautifullittlegirl,andthetwoof them were the happiest they had been in a while. Joe quit the partying and pickedup a second jobdelivering pizzasatnight. Rubypickedupmoreonlineclasses,andtriedtomakeitwork.Forayear,thethreeofthem wereahappy,hardworkinglittlefamily,tryingtomaketheirsituationsworkasbestastheycould. One night, Joe got into a fight with oneofthecustomershedeliveredpizzatoandlosthisjob.Thisopened evenings back up, and he got back into the partying scene. Money became tighter, Joe became less present,andRuby ended uphavingtodropoutofschool with only onesemester left. Theirfamilywas no longer happy.JoeandRubygotintofightsalmost nightly,occasionally withthem endingineitherphysicalor emotionalabusefrombothparties.Neitherofthembelievedindivorce,though. Rather,theylivedasthough theotherwasnotthere.Theyusedseparatebedrooms,rarelytalkedandwhentheydidtalk,theyfought. After three yearsofdeepunhappiness,Ruby ended upfallingin lovewitha coworkerather desk job.Joe found out and demandedadivorce. Atthispoint,there was nothing keepingthemtogether exceptfortheir daughter,andsoRubyagreed. Severalyearslater,thetwoofthemreconnectedandlearnedhowtheyweredoing: Ruby had not remarried still. She was being very careful in [her] selection of [a]secondpartner,(Zinn, Eitzen,& Wells,2011)andsawtoomanythingsshedidnotlikeinhim.Oncetheirdaughterwasoldenough to start school, Ruby finished up her degree and is now verybusy with a successful job and raising their daughter. Joehadmatured a lot sincetheirdivorce. He was currently engagedtoawomanhemetat thegasstation. She did an intervention for his lifestyle and really brought him back to reality.He was working ongetting higher education and was actually really serious about it. He told her that he learned a lot about their marriage he was more tolerant, more willing to compromise, more aware of the need to integrate their different styles of living, and better able to anticipate problems and workthemoutbeforethey snowball, (Zinnetal.,2011). Overall,bothofthemhadlearnedalotfromtheirmarriageandwishedeachotherwell.
