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Some of my married friends joke about getting divorced from each other.
A random sampling:
I know that every couple is different and I in no way am judging my friends... but it's hard for me to joke about divorce. I've done it once or twice, but it usually feels more like a threat than a joke. So I've stopped doing it.
That said, I can totally see how a couple could see it as a sign of being so secure in their marriage... that joking about divorce is all in good fun!
Does feeling uncomfortable joking about divorce mean that I'm not secure in my marriage, or that I'm worried about getting divorced? I thought about it and I don't think that's it. It just feels weird to me to joke about divorce. I don't say anything when other people joke about it in front of me though... I just feel weird and stay quiet.
How about you guys: do you ever joke about divorce?
We joke about it... not ALL the time, but it will come up every month or so. But, I never thought of this before, we never actually use the term "divorce" -- rather it's always "My next husband will be a Steelers fan" or "My second wife eat meat".
I think that given our occupations, the divorce rate is far higher than normal and people love to point this out to us (why? like we're not aware? like they're saying the expect us to get divorced??), so we've just learned to joke about it. My husband always says he's going to run off with a nurse half my age, and I say I married the first time for love and the next time will be for money.
I guess when people are always bringing up divorce in front of us, it's easier to laugh and joke about it than get pissed off at our friends/family who constantly throw it in our faces.
I have joked about it a few times, but never meant it or took it as a threat.
For example, I joked about it yesterday when I realized that I would be getting a MUCH smaller tax refund now that we have to file married. Grrrr....
I told him yesterday that I would divorce him if he EVER posted pictures (or even took them), of me right after laboring and giving birth, on the internet. A friend of ours sent out photos of his wife with their newborn and they were very cute but I would die of embarrassment. I am a very private person!
We don't joke about divorce per se, but whenever he says something like "let's move to the x town!" (which is in the middle of nowhere) I respond that he can do that with his second wife. It's just how I was raised, my parents always kidded around like that, and they've been happily married for almost 40 years.
My parents are divorced so it is a touchy subject. Neither of us have ever joked about it. Commitment is something that is really important to us. We won't even do a pre-nup because we think it is saying there is a possibility of divorce.
I think it depends on your situation, I'm not offended when other people joke about it, but it isn't something we would joke about.
All the time. When we were planning our wedding, we'd say stuff like, "Well for my NEXT wedding, I'm going to..."
And we also use it as a joking threat-as in, "Dear, you do that (ie. tattoo your face, take photos of me without makeup) and it's an Automatic Divorce."
We joke about it frequently, just like your "sampling". We say it in good fun, and obviously don't mean anything mean or hasty by it. Sometimes I tell him to "go home", as if he doesn't really live with me. 
We never ever joke about it. My parents used to say horrible, hostile things about getting divorced all the time, and it's a very touchy subject with me! I made my husband promise not to joke about it.
We're not even married and we jokingly say stuff. Nothing serious. Actually we say "go home" too MSSUSHI! We do kid around a lot but sometimes I wish we didn't as often because I don't want it to weaken our relationship. If that makes any sense.
We have joked once or twice about it in public and regretted it later. Never again. We think people don't take marriage seriously enough as is, so we don't want to use divorce as a joke as though to undermine and downplay the seriousness of both marriage and the break up of a marriage.
Ya we joke about it - even before we got married. We already know whos getting what... lol
But seriously we joke about it cuz we hope its not going to happen. If we remotely felt like it was a possibility then we wouldnt talk about it.
we never joke about it. FI's parents are divorced and it really did a number on him. Totally shaped his childhood and who he is. There are pretty much no circumstances in which FI would find divorce a joking matter.
No, we certainly don't. His parents are divorced. His exes cheated on him. His mother cheated on his father. Divorce, separation, or any other means of our relationship ending is really not a joking matter in our house. I must say, though, even though my parents have been happily married for 32 years, my grandparents for 70, etc., I can't recall anyone in my own family with a stable, healthy relationship joking about it either.
I make jokes about it - mainly because I am a law student in a community property state. It's kind of hard to come home from a class where your professor advises you to "keep all cards which go along with gifts" during the marriage and not crack a joke. Only he doesn't think it's quite as funny....
I always assume Mr. Peng will divorce me at some point. I say things like "it's just a matter of time before you divorce me." Sometimes I'll get jokey and dramatically upset about things, like if I wake up and am freezing because he hogged the blankets at night. I'll say he is the meanest most selfish husband ever, and he'll ask if I want to get a divorce. So we joke about it a lot.
I really don't actually think we'll get divorced but if I ever get the inkling we might, I'd probably stop joking about it.
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We are both lucky enough to each have parents that have been married for 30-something years and not many of our family/friends are divorced. When I get annoyed with him, my line is usually "I am going to throw you & your (power tools on the dining table/dirty dishes/socks on the floor) out the window." He knows then that I am annoyed but joking with him & aforementioned item gets picked up/put away. 
We joke about it on ocassion but never in front of other people. I think it can be funny when it is just the two of us but if other friends/couples/family is around I think it is really embarassing and awkward. I really don't like it when other couples joke about it in front of me either...
My FI's divorced, so we joke about that, but not about a divorce in our future.
No, never, I think it is too serious a topic to throw about, it doesnt come into the equation; we took pre-cana before marriage and there was a lovely couple with so many good pieces of advice, their talk touched us to the core, I still remember a lot of what they said, some included:
1. always respect your mate, never curse at him or use bad words in his presence, it diminishes the love and respect; the woman goes on that there was divorce in their family, the couples did not respect each other and swore at each other.
2. never throw around the divorce word not even in jest, it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy and can be felt as a hurtful jest or remark, it's not a word to be taken lightly; marriage is sacred, joking about divorce diminshes the importance of marriage
3. never put your hubby/wife down; whether it's in private or in the company of others; it diminishes the love for each other
4. never put down any body parts of your hubby/wife down whether it's weight, hair etc......
5. do not include other people in your fights, fight in private when you do it in public you invite ither people to solve your problems, you get unsolicited advice, it is a matter between only the two of you
I made the joke ONCE that if he took me to Weinerschnitzel for Valentines Day (as he was threatening to) I would divorce him. We both laughed, but even using it in that weak and joking context and just between the two of us felt wrong. I don't think it will come up again.
My FI and I are fiercely competitive and LOVE to play board games - we joke all the time that if we ever get divorced it will be over gameplay. But that's all it is, a joke. We take marriage very seriously and are 100% committed to each other - which is maybe why we feel comfortable enough to make the joke in the first place.
We totally joke about divorce or even calling the wedding off. When FI does something funny/embarrasing or just plain odd (like when he pinned me against the wall doing a strip tease covered in wet-dog) I tell him "I now love you less". We joke about literally everything and fortunately are completely on the same page with that, so it works for us. I could see how it might not for others.
Sure, all the time. But we're a joking kinda couple.
I always say when I divorce your a$$ the dog is mine; you can have the TV! He naturally wants both. :P
But I agree with twalia, I can see how others might be uncomfortable with it.
It would be in extremely poor taste for me to joke about divorce with a divorced man. I don't like joking about it anyway. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
We only say it over OBVIOUSLY joking stuff like "what would you do if I killed one of our pugs" "i'd have to divorce you I guess!"
Now, that's not something he really said but I couldn't think of a good example, LOL
I'm not married to my BF, but we joke about "firing" eachother. Like, "If you don't give me a kiss before you leave in the morning, I'm gonna fire you!" (completely joking). But that's our personality, we take outselves lightly and we like to joke around. Not everyone is the same though. I think matters like this vary from couple to couple.
No, but we do make jokes about how marriage lasts a looooong time. As in, "Sre you sure you want to be saddled with me for the rest of your life?"
That we recognize it for what it is: an expression of our own individual insecurities or worries, and then the worries themselves, means it's not really a big deal.
Yep, we do on a fairly regular basis, I guess since between both our families there have been 2 divorces (one of each of our cousins have been divorced) divorce isn't really "real" to us.
I make jokes sometimes about him doing what he wants because if we divorce I get to keep the pets (in the contract with the breeder, it specifies that in case of breakdown of a relationship I am to keep the dog, and we both believe you shouldn't separate the pets).
My parents have been really happily married for 27 years, and whenever they get into a tiff usually one tosses out a divorce joke ie "if you keep this up we won't make our 28th anniversary" or "I am going to make sure my next wife will let me ___"
We joke about it a lot, because we joke about a lot of things. I guess what started it is a Dane Cook's bit "Breaking and Entering" - if you haven't seen/heard it, to summarize, when Dane was younger, he wanted to do a B&E, and once he kicked the door in on the house he planned to rob, he realized he didn't actually want to steal anything, he had just wanted to kick open a door, so he left without taking anything. He then goes on to say he should have taken something (or at least left something behind), because the family is going to come home, think they've been robbed, and go nuts trying to figure out what is missing, ("If we can't figure out what he took this year, I want a divorce!"). It was hilarious, but makes so little sense, that we say "I want a divorce!" to each other whenever we don't get our way (about dumb stuff, not serious stuff...like we go to the movie he wanted to see instead of the one I wanted to see so "I want a divorce!"). We even started saying it to each other long before we were even married, which of course made even less sense.
I do agree though, that it depends on the circumstances and how each couple feels about it. Like Minutiae said, I wouldn't joke about it with someone who had been divorced previously.
ehh, we arent married yet, but that will be our main rule is no joking about the D word. it sounds uptight, but my FH who is the biggest jokester/heckler around is the one who says no way to it. his bros wife jokes/threatens with it, and its just not cute and one night she said something and he looked at me and goes, "dont you ever say anything with the D word in it unless your serious.". so no, we wont be.
i still dont think the d word should be tossed about; its such a negative word
We joke about it, as we do about cheating on each other. I know i know... sounds horrible. But its how my parents talk and they've got the best relationship I've ever seen. It's not really as bad as it sounds. Examples are like:
me: OMG if you don't stop killing me with barrels I'm going to have to divorce you (we were playing mario)
him: you can't divorce me. we're not married. HAHAHA
me: it'll be preemptive. nip this thing in the bud!
or
him: didn't we see [insert random movie]?
me: i didn't. maybe you did?
him: no, i remember US seeing it.
me: must've been when you were out with your girlfriend.
him: oh that's right. she's hot.
haha we don't do it all the time or anything (certainly not daily prob not even weekly)... but it works for us.
After watching my mom go through two divorces, it is not something I joke about EVER.
We don't joke about it! FIs parents went through a bad divorce when we first got together and so we both take marriage very seriously and both say that divorce is NOT an option. We joke about EVERYTHING except this!
Nope we never do. But then again, we aren't married yet, so I can't exactly say things like that.
It is NOT a joking matter to me.
I always think the same thing when I have heard friends of mine joke about them (or even worse, my FH and I) @mrbee
we used to, not so much anymore, but only between us. now i just make fun of him cuz he's got to deal with me FOR LIFE!!
Divorce is not an option for us, we are both fully aware of this. my parents have been married for 31 years and they joke around all the time but have a really loving relationship, and hubs and I have the same. I don't think there is any harm in it if its just between you two and there's nothing serious about it
We don't really joke about it since FI's parents got divorced.
But we do joke like @CorgiTales does, saying stuff like "Oh well maybe your other fiance will see that movie with you, since I think it looks stupid."
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