You are too funny. Your anecdotal experiences are hardly the norm in modern america. Yet you think because you have experienced them, actual marriage stats collected by the states and then reviewed by the cdc must be wrong because they contradict 8 marriages you cite.
I can congratulate you all for being in 4-7% of first marriages lasting longer than 10 years.
And fyi, they are not “my” stats, be angry at the cdc and the states for collecting analyzing and reporting on the data.
Is that the same CDC that has told us for years to get that “flu shot” to prevent the flu or we will all get terribly sick? Haha. I don’t know about the rest but I haven’t and haven’t had the flu either.
Life is a series of gambles. Sometimes, it is worth taking a gamble. If you are truly in love, and as montag813 mentions, have God at the center, marriage can and will be rewarding and everlasting.