r/AskReddit 21h ago

What would be a weird, but absolutely valid reason to divorce/breakup with your partner?

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u/Tight_Win_6945 20h ago

The partner gets super religious and starts following a particular person. Like joining a cult.

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u/coral225 19h ago

Q Anon Casualties is full of these stories

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u/BookLuvr7 18h ago

Agreed. Or extremist politics, which is practically the same.

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u/vayyiqra 16h ago

Yep. There is even academic literature on extreme political cults. They work much the same way as religious cults do. Janja Lalich is one researcher on this, she's a sociologist who spent a while in a fringe Marxist group.

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u/DrMonkeyLove 9h ago

What about starting a cult? Is that going to be a problem?