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My cousin divorced his wife because, after his wife's father murdered two people in a robbery-gone-wrong, she defended him and harassed the victim's family over Facebook

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197points

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Ilir Ajdini 4 years ago

That is a good reason to divorce, in my opinion

317points

My client was the outrageous one, so my heart went out to his poor wife. He had OCD which manifested primarily financially, so he made their lives a penny-pinching hell. Examples: he was obsessed with avoiding unnecessary driving (wear and tear on the car, gas expenses), so he cut the whole family’s hair at home and never let them eat at a restaurant or go to the movies. Weirdest of all: he kept one toilet paper roll on him at all times and you had to get one square from him before you could go to the bathroom. He never gave more than one square. Wife finally got fed up and left him when 1) he gave her bangs during an in-home haircut and 2) their daughter was so traumatized by the toilet paper thing they couldn’t potty train her.

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175points

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logical fallacy 4 years ago

He needs help.

207points

Bored Panda contacted Evan D. Schein, a partner and head litigator at Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein LLP law firm based in Manhattan, New York to find out more about why people do get divorced. Evan has litigated matrimonial matters in the Supreme and Family Courts of Manhattan, Kings, Queens, Nassau, and more.

Evan told us that throughout his career as a family law attorney, he has seen many different reasons people decide to end their marriage. “I have an inside look into all the reasons people get divorced—affairs, financial infidelity, lack of communication, growing apart, lack of connection; to name a few.”

However, one particular reason still haunts him. “Out of all the reasons I have heard, a grudge years later over the wedding table seating chart still stands out for me,” he said.

I do my student practice at my family's law firm. Young woman filed for a divorce because her husband drank ONE beer during weekdays after a day of work. The guy wasn't violent, doing drugs, or anything like that. He was just a normal, polite guy who liked to have a cold one after 10 hr shift. They are very good couple and argue so rarely that this woman's friends told her to write down everything he did to upset her and re-read it every day, so she had reasons to be angry about.

My mom (lawyer) set the woman straight, told her he' just doing what all guys do and to find herself new friends instead of ones ready to sabotage their marriage.

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175points

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Rex the Rat 4 years ago

It's a good thing your mom wasn't in it just for the money and was able to help people

167points

Divorced guy here. I divorced my ex-wife because she decided to be a ‘Super Christian’ that spent hours each day lying on the floor speaking in tongues. Also she would have random conversations with former deceased relatives while doing mundane daily activities. The final straw was when I came home from work and my 2 yr old daughter was in the fireplace eating ashes two feet away from her while she laid on the ground chanting and speaking in her made up language.

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Final score:

175points

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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago

I hope Dad got full custody. And a jar of Holy Water.

232points

He got drunk at the wedding, she did not like it, and decided to divorce him right after the Honeymoon (which she went to without him).

Moreover, this was all an elaborate scheme of divorce-robbery, because the guy was loaded, and so was his entire family....

They were loaded because they were a family of EXCELLENT lawyers, and he was a third generation lawyer, with all the smarts and experience of his predecessors combined.

Lets just say it did not go well for her.

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174points

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Mainecoonsandhuskies 4 years ago

Damn this could be made into a movie

114points

These days, as we’re living in a time of crisis and isolation, everyone is experiencing tremendous stress. “There is so much unknown and uncertainty” that Evan is convinced that “this reality and these feelings will have a profound effect on marriages and relationships.”

The head litigator said, “I fully expect there will be a large increase in divorce filings.” And for those individuals who were already contemplating the idea of divorce and on the fence, “the current situation and this new way of life may very well push them in the divorce direction,” Evan explained.

I knew a couple who got divorced after the wife walked in on her husband who was rubbing poop from their baby's diaper all over his body...

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173points

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('-')/ neeta ('-')/ 4 years ago

What the actual hell

221points

Paralegal. A couple got divorced over a cat. Wife called cat Snowball because of white fur and only wanted the cat to eat wet food or chicken breast. Husband called cat Lily again because of white fur and believed it should only eat dry food. These two argued for a year over custody of the cat but did not give a s**t about their human kids aged 15 months, 4 years, and 6 years old.

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162points

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Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago

Wow, that's sad.

164points

One of my coworkers has been married seven times. One time she divorced a guy because he was 'too good-looking' and she couldn't trust him. Another time she divorced a man because he came home with the wrong brand of hotdogs that she told him to buy. I wish I was making this up

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155points

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

Talk about high maintenance.

125points

#10

I knew someone who broke off an engagement because her fiancé kept pulling pranks on her, like buying fake lottery tickets and stuff. In her eyes, he was humiliating her in front of friends and family. It was almost like he was running social experiments on her to see how she'd react

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153points

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Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago

Nowadays pranks are becoming very mean. Like cut the hair of the wife and this kind of things.

129points

#11

"I didn't like her anymore" - 2 days after being married.

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148points

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Ilir Ajdini 4 years ago

That escalated quickly

132points

#12

My douche cousin told his wife she had three chances to give him a son. Daughter was born first. Strike one. Son was born second. Then they find out the boy cant eat gluten. So my cousin divorced her and has made zero effort to see his kids.

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Final score:

145points

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nanashi 4 years ago

did he know that the gender of the fetus depends on which sex chromosome the sperm was carrying???

252points

#13

Friend of mine divorced his then wife because she would only speak French when her family would come over. She was Spanish, as was her family...

To add, her family spoke English, French and Spanish, he could only speak Spanish and English, she got bored of being married to him, her family basically talked s**t about him whilst he was there, was only when he recorded a conversation whilst they where there and got it translated he found out what was going on.

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139points

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

I would have been suspicious from the beginning when she started talking french, obviously hiding things or talking s**t (as you found out).

133points

#14

My client divorced her husband because he insisted on bringing his mother on their honeymoon. The reason? Because his mother was STILL breastfeeding him. Yes, the husband, a grown man, was still breastfeeding

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136points

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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago

I very much doubt that this is true.

185points

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#15

Colleague handled a case where money was not an issue but the kids were. Neither parent wanted them

Final score:

131points

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('-')/ neeta ('-')/ 4 years ago

What the hell. That's so frikking messed up. Hope the kids are in the hands of REAL parents now.

186points

#16

I worked as a paralegal for a divorce lawyer. Case analysis was one of my main responsibilities.

I s**t you not.

A recently married couple (of 2 years) broke it off because the husband would not stop feeding the dog. The dog got outrageously fat.

Apparently she saw connection between the dog and future children.

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Final score:

129points

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Noez 🇸🇪 4 years ago

Poor dog!

138points

#17

One of our consults came in because his wife had been proposed to by one of those online scam people posing as the Prince of Turkey or something. She fell for it and was going to give him $45,000 and move to Turkey to marry him

Alyssa Galloway Report

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123points

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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago

He was lucky to find out before she had sent the scammer everything!

106points

#18

Not a divorce lawyer, but got out of my first marriage becuase shortly after we got married he decided he didn't like the way I talked, and asked me not to talk when we were out in company unless I "could talk straight."

Tootlies Report

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123points

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Rosemari Ferreira Gebbran 4 years ago

Happy that you walked away!

121points

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#19

I knew someone who got divorced the same day they got married. The groom was dancing with his sister at the reception, and the bride asked to cut in. His sister tried to punch her in the face but missed and punched the bride’s sister. All hell broke loose. The night ended with the bride asking the groom to choose between her or his sisters. He chose his sisters

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119points

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Pamela24 4 years ago

So many sisters I'm getting dizzy.

92points

#20

Paralegal here.

Still remember an early case i worked on, man divorced his wife for her Bingo Addiction. 10 to 12 times per week she went to bingo. She was 82 he was 86.

But the all time greatest. two 20 somethings, they were irreconcilable because he kept smoking her weed stash when she wasnt home.

DRAGONPUTZ Report

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110points

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Carrie Holste 4 years ago

Gambling addiction causes relationship problems no matter the age.

15points

#21

Easy.

She spent $42,000 on psychic hotlines. Notable, she then wouldn’t accept any of our offers, and I continuously asked her lawyer to provide counter-offers...shouldn’t her psychic have told her how the case would turn out?!? Lol.

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108points

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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago

Totally believable. Since when are people who go to psychics equipped with any common sense?

58points

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#22

My dad was a divorce lawyer. He had a client who wanted to divorce her husband for 2 reasons:

1. He did not have enough hair on his chest.

2. He did not drive fast enough.

Keep in mind this was in the 70's when chest hair was a bit more important.

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107points

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nanashi 4 years ago (edited)

I'm honestly glad I wasn't alive in the 70's, it sounds like a very weird era for many reasons lol

73points

#23

She was kidnapped in Mexico and he refused to pay ransom. Eventually her family managed to pay and she was left on the side of the road. It is not outrageous as in petty but outrageous as how absurd that is.

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102points

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Jon S. 4 years ago

If we all agreed to never pay a ransom, kidnap for ransom would end overnight. It is why it is illegal to pay in many countries. And why many authorities advise you don't pay. Although, I realise the difficulty of putting that into practice when it is your own loved one on the line.

60points

#24

Not a lawyer, but did spend six months costing Legal Aid cases for solicitors in the early 90s. This included many divorces.

The most notable one was a woman divorcing her husband because he discovered he could talk to the dead on their honeymoon and then later spent all their money on spiritualist groups.

That wasn't what made it notable. During the divorce, the woman left the house. At some point her husband approached her and claimed that as he was letting the house fall into ruin, it would be better for both of them if he sold the house and split the proceeds with her. She agreed to this without consulting her solicitor.

A few weeks later the husband gave her £5. She asked what it was for. It was her share of the house. He'd sold it to his sister for £10 and kept living there. When she went to complain to her solicitors, she found they'd done the conveyancing for him. He'd deliberately used his wife's divorce solicitors and nobody at the firm had realised.

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98points

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Kathy Baylis 4 years ago

Wouldn’t that be just cause for a legal malpractice suit?

30points

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#25

Wasn't the reason but did happen during the course of the divorce. Neither side would follow the court orders. When they had to go back to court they were fighting over a pistol and the man's grandmother's bowls. I assumed for weeks that these bowls were some sort of heirloom or expensive china. When they finally brought the bowls in to swap they were f**king tupperware.

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96points

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

Well Tupperware is expensive.

72points

#26

My friend divorced her husband because she read his text messages and saw that he was talking crap about her dogs to his friends. Her DOGS

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91points

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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago

'Tis a good thing that she does not understand what her dogs say about her to their friends when they meet in the park.

89points

#27

I deal with a lot of divorces at work. I once reviewed a complaint for divorce because the wife always left poop stains in the toilet.

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89points

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Hello it Smee 4 years ago

That is really s****y

152points

#28

My friend's sister was a strict vegetarian. One night her husband gave her fish and meat, but she thought it was a meat substitute. When she found out it was real meat, she divorced him

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85points

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nanashi 4 years ago

if the meat was given in malice or "pranks", the divorce is pretty much justified in my book.

158points

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#29

I had a client file for divorce because every morning his wife would ask him how he takes his coffee. EVERY morning for seven years

blanksmitty Report

Final score:

85points

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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago

Did he discuss this with her? Might be a clinical issue.

81points

#30

Was a loud chewer at the dinner table. He developed a complex & literally needed out as he couldn't bear to eat with her.

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76points

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Vincent Philippart 4 years ago

For some reason I can understand. I cannot bear people eating noisily or showing the inside of their mouths. Literally cannot be in the room. My friends and relatives know: I will train their kids to eat properly (wether they like it or not), or we cannot have a meal together anymore. Most parents are actually glad. It seems it's one of those things you wish you had the energy to teach your kids, but is just not high enough on the list of priorities.

93points

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kathryn stretton 4 years ago

Another one, many years ago. Am an oldie. This was approx 1978 ish. I knew both of them, as you did in those days. I had dated him twice, also knew her for years. Nornal. I was ivited to wedding by both. Old mates n all that. So, they have to get married because she's pregnant. Him being a decent bloke at the time (very very good looking and in demand at the time) said I will marry you then. So, at the church, just after the vows were done, and they were now wed and walking back down the aisle, she said to him, quietly "By the way, I'm not pregnant at all. Just wanted you to be mine forever.". Oops. He let go of her hand, walked out of the church and buggered off. We all gad no clue what was going on. She's crying and saying nothing obviously. In the end, he got an annulment. All's well that ends well. No idea where these two are now. Seemed, was, important at the time. Just an anecdote for me now.

25points

Vincent Philippart 4 years ago

Jesus That should be some kind of punishable offense

13points

deanna woods 4 years ago

She sounds insane and a little stupid.

8points

May Day 4 years ago

You DON'T lie about being pregnant! >:-(

3points

Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

I think most divorces, whatever the *cited* reason, come down to who is in "control", who "wins", etc. Thrice marital-counseled, once-separated. We came very close to divorce. SO MUCH is about respect and communication and compromise (yes, compromise). Deal with your own issues before your try to deal with someone else's, btw, and then deal with the shared issues. Or it's just a big cyclical mess. IMHO.

11points

Mike Crow 4 years ago

Many years ago I heard a story that a woman was marrying Canadian Forces members and then divorce them a couple years later. She was doing this to collect half the pensions of each of the three men she married. After this was found out they changed the rules so a spouse can only collect half a pension of the years they have been with that Forces member.

11points

Barbara Vandewalle 4 years ago

My cousin was sent on a TDY. When he returned, she had divorced him, left him with $20,000 debt, which he did not sign for. Took the kids and he never saw them again. This happens to a lot of service men. The military does nothing to help them. The thing I wonder about is all the lies she told does that null and void the divorce? She married a second time. Is she a bigamist?

4points

Flisey 4 years ago

My Mum left my Dad because he was 'Boring"

4points

kathryn stretton 4 years ago

That's so sad. Maybe boring to her. Hopefully not boring to someone else. Sometimes, time changes folk.

3points

Vincent Philippart 4 years ago

Obsession for marriage is one of those weird american quirks. The french politist Alexis de Tocqueville already wrote about it in 1835. Americans tend to marry very fast when compared to other westerners, and their marriage laws are very strong, with patrimony being shared more and marital duties being much higher. This leads to those weird situation of people mingling their lives even though they sometimes barely know each others, yet having very high and strictly defined expectations. Hence divorces. Lots of divorces.

4points

Rex the Rat 4 years ago

I don't think this is just an american thing, it can happen in different cultures and different places but it's definitely a problem.

7points

Ilir Ajdini 4 years ago

I had that bad and painful experience once. It is never so simple, is almost never only one or two reasons for divorcing

4points

nanashi 4 years ago

I'm not one who believes in marriages, but a divorce shouldn't have a "good" reason I think. one should be able to get a divorce no matter how stupid the reason would be. it's better to be separated than to force two people who no longer likes one another to stay together, or else it would lead to someone getting hurt or abused like their kids or pets etc.

4points

Carrot dude 4 years ago

Yes, in most cases it's better to divorce. But if a couple has kids, it's important that they at least try to work out their problems. I know divorce is hard on a lot of kids. However, if the marriage is broken, they should definitely get divorced. The kids might be more traumatized to be part of such a broken family- ESPECIALLY if it could lead to hurt or abuse.

6points

kathryn stretton 4 years ago

Once had a friend kicked her live-in man out because he wore slippers. In the house. Terrible!! Minus 16 outside and poor circulation. But, slippers!!! Gone. Lol

3points

Jace 4 years ago

For f**k’s sake, people, LIVE with your partner a while BEFORE marrying them. A f**k ton of this s**t could be avoided (assuming these f****d-up people aren’t suddenly f****d-up due to suffering traumatic brain injuries after marrying). I couldn’t get even a quarter of the way through this list because this s**t is AVOIDABLE. The culture around marriage is so f*****g toxic.

2points

Katrin Pana 4 years ago

All these couples don’t love eachother. Is that simple

1point

Rose the Cook 4 years ago

These are reasons why someone wanted a divorce but what about legal grounds for divorce? Surely none of these would stand up in a court. Intersted to know the legal grounds in various countries.

1point

Vincent Philippart 4 years ago

Belgian lawyer here. Our divorce laws have abandonned grounds for divorce for about 15-years. Divorce is just a choice now. The judge's role is to separate the assets and eventually rule against shared custody if one of the parents is a danger to the kids. Divorces have gotten a lot less messy since.

8points

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Ruby McPherosn 4 years ago

My parents divorce story: My mum decided to divorce my dad after he cheated on her with my friends mum, and then cheated on friends mum with his now wife, also known as my other friends aunt. In short, My dad is f**cked up.

0points

Charlotte A. 4 years ago

o.O

0points

Hans 4 years ago

Frankly, neither of what is listed here is a reason for a divorce. These entries rather tell us that many people who marry obviously did not think this trough, did not get to know their future spouses, or did not really believe in a lasting relationship (yet to my experience tend to have the most pompous weddings). And I am wondering if many people are not willing to tend their relationships. Livelong love is not a miracle like in a Disney movie, it rather is about sowing love and cultivating trust to harvest affection. Together.

0points

Terka Červeňáková 3 years ago

#16 seems legit to me. If He deliberately hurts his own dog by overfeeding him, how he's gonna act when children Are around? Especially since it's way harder to say "no" to a kid, then it Is to say "no" to the dog...

0points

deanna woods 4 years ago

On these situations where the husbands have an overbearing relationship with their mother, I really hope that they all didn't end in the divorce. Also some of these people shouldn't have gotten married in the first place. Marriage is supposed to be a wonderful experience and these people are turning it into a joke.

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kathryn stretton 4 years ago

25points

Vincent Philippart 4 years ago

Jesus That should be some kind of punishable offense

13points

deanna woods 4 years ago

She sounds insane and a little stupid.

8points

May Day 4 years ago

You DON'T lie about being pregnant! >:-(

3points

Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

11points

Mike Crow 4 years ago

11points

Barbara Vandewalle 4 years ago

4points

Flisey 4 years ago

My Mum left my Dad because he was 'Boring"

4points

kathryn stretton 4 years ago

That's so sad. Maybe boring to her. Hopefully not boring to someone else. Sometimes, time changes folk.

3points

Vincent Philippart 4 years ago

4points

Rex the Rat 4 years ago

I don't think this is just an american thing, it can happen in different cultures and different places but it's definitely a problem.

7points

Ilir Ajdini 4 years ago

I had that bad and painful experience once. It is never so simple, is almost never only one or two reasons for divorcing

4points

nanashi 4 years ago

4points

Carrot dude 4 years ago

6points