Posted on 11/29/2014 5:46:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
There are many predictors of the success of a marriage, among them the having of money, the having of children, and the length of time a couple spends dating before they tie the knot.
Another big predictor, though, is age: The closer a couple is when it comes to their respective birth years, the greater their chances of avoiding divorce.
That's according to a study that compiled polling data from more than 3,000 recently married and divorced Americans.
The study—the overall findings of which my colleague Olga Khazan highlighted last month—used a multivariate model to calculate the factors that seemed to best predict the marriage's chances of success. (Or, at any rate, its chances of not ending in divorce.) Its results were visualized by the data scientist Randy Olson, who created a series of charts to illustrate the study's findings.
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She’s about eight years older than me and we were married thirty-five years in September.
Feminism?
I want to be with a woman with the age difference equal to Hugh Hefner and his latest “spouse”. The only problem I see is that she hasn’t been born yet...
Not getting married is a good predictor for not getting a divorce.
/johnny
American women? They know the system and how to get the payoff. Of course.
Mr R and I are the same age, he is 8 days older than me (same year, same hospital, same substitute obgyn delivered us). We are going on 19 years next month.
My wife is 7 years younger. We have been married 22 years.
So if my wife dies, and I marry some 18 year old chick who would be about 50 years my junior we are almost guaranteed to stay together because:
1. She would benefit from my years of experience and my assets.
2. She would only have to put up with me for about ten years before I crump.
I call this the Anna Nicole Smith syndrome.
Six month difference, 33 years married.
My wife is five years older and have been married more than 12 years.
My wife is 7 years younger than I am. We’ve been married for 55 years.
Same, but it lasted only 7 years.
Try the study with subjects who don’t have the following.
Mother-In-Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYwmjqA3jaA
Can’t be. It is well known that the age formula for a man’s ideal wife is: half your age + 7 years.
So, if you are 40, you should be on the lookout for 27 year old women.
My wife and I are nearly the same age. I’m just a few days older. I think the chart makes sense. When someone is significantly younger it tends to mean that one partner will be significantly older at some point. I imagine that looking at the numbers you would find that the likelihood of divorce increases not just with the years separating but also when the older of the pair reaches a certain point where the age is really showing and is inhibiting the relationship. We had a friend marry a significantly older gentleman after a failed marriage. She was seeking stability but now their marriage is failing as he is looking to retire and she is now just beginning to find her stride.
Wife is 8 months older. 38 years next month.
I am 13 years older than my wife. We will also be celebrating our nineteenth anniversary next month.
Interesting. I’m 47 and tend to like men 39-43. Don’t know if that is a result of people assuming I’m 39-43 as well. Personally, I believe regardless of age difference, you have to work at a marriage. I know people with 10-15 year differences and they have great marriages. Conversely, my ex was less than 2 yr diff and we didn’t work out.
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