A survey study was conducted in Bahirdar to study lack of love andrnsexual incompatibility as contributing factors to divorce and perceivedrn«reasons" of divorce among the residents. A sample of 100 male and 100rnfemale divorcees filled out questionnaires. The questionnaire containsrnthree sections. The first part assessed the characteristics of thernrespondents that are related to divorce proneness. The second part of thernquestionnaire is a kind of check li st for lack of love and sexualrnincompatibility factors. The participants had to answer «Yes" or «No" forrneach of the 35 items. The third part has only one question aimed torndetermine the main «perceived causes" of divorce. Purposive saplingrntechnique was used to select the participants of the study. Percentages,rndescriptive statistics, and t-test were used to analyze the collected data.rnFrom the result, factors related to lack of love and sexual incompatibilityrnwere found to be contributing factors to divorce. In addition, somerndemographic factors like age at marriage, wide age difference, duration ofrnengagement, type of marriage and duration of marriage were found to bernreasons for divorce in Bahirdar. Significant difference was found betweenrnmales and females for some of the factors. Suggestions are made on howrnto reduce the rate of dissolution of marriages.