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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Ten years age difference. Eighteen years married. She’s still waiting for the insurance bet to payoff.
I have a friend who says the key to wealth is one wife and one house at a time. Another say it’s never smart to be worth more dead than alive.
That was from "Little Women" wasn't it? Some book I read back when I was a kid, anyway.
/johnny
Mrs Afteguard is 13 months younger than me. We were married almost 46 years ago. Seems like yesterday.
Marriage could be great if women never learned to read or write engrish...
In fact, we should repeal the 19th amendment.
Weemen have certainly forgotten their place and indeed it’s just a shame....
/s
Half your age plus seven years. The ideal female. Do the math. Works no matter the gentleman’s age.
I am about 2 1/2 years older than my wife; soon to be married 47 years.
We beat the odds, because we got hitched while both were teenagers.
I used to have a friend who believed, and in fact did start over with a new 18 year old bride, every ten years for 3 tries.
Another option I can fantacize would be two wives, both half my age.
Isn’t it a bit unnerving when you say to a gal: “Where have you been all my life?” and she responds: “Well, for the first half, I wasn’t born yet. I don’t know about the rest.” :=)
I’m 8 nonths older than my wife and we have been married for 56 years.
My wife is 58 days older and we’ve been married 20 years.
One difference is I traveled outside of the United States to find a bride and met a lovely Russian-speaking Eastern Ukrainian. I wouldn't change a thing.
WOMAN’S PERFECT BREAKFAST
She’s sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.
I would expect there to be a difference depending on whether the man is older or the woman is older. Is the 18% difference for 5 years 10% when the man is five years older and 26% when the woman is older? Or is it the other way around?
This statistic can be VERY misleading. Many of the marriages with a spread of more than ten years are the second and third marriages. People who have already divorced are more likely to divorce again.
For the record, I am more than a decade older than Mrs. Sivana, but this is our only marriage.
Proverbs 5:18, no surprise here
That is a beautiful thing :)
My wife is 26 1/2 years younger than I am. We’ve been happily married for almost 18 years - and have two children 9 and 7 years old. My only worry is not being there for her and our kids for another ten years. That’s the very large price younger spouses pay for marrying us older folks.
We do have a wonderful marriage, though.
WOW! I nailed that formula. I was 31, she was 22.
I married my 27 year old wife just a few months shy of my 40th birthday....
My husband is 13 years older. We’ve been married 35 years! I never got along with my peer group (boomers). When I wanted to get married and have babies they were all still goofing around. I think I chose well!
So I’ve got to look for a fella who’s about 140 then????
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