IT’s VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN AGE GAP AND LIKELIHOOD OF DIVORCE.
From the Article :
Could a smaller age gap also make couples more likely to stay together? In 2014, the Atlantic claimed that “a five year age difference makes a couple 18 percent more likely to get divorced, compared to a couple born on or around the same year.” While the study cited – which polled American couples and ex-couples – did show an association between divorce rates and age gaps, it did not prove a causal link. Something about the kind of person who opts into a marriage with a large age gap could be driving the higher divorce rates, rather than the age gap itself.
A bright young thing considering a silver fox should also take heart from a study by Britain’s Office of National Statistics. It did not find a strong link between age gaps and divorce rates in England and Wales, though there was some evidence that women marrying later than 30 who were more than ten years older than their spouse were more likely to divorce.
Hmmmm! We are 15 years apart (me older) and we’ve been married 36+ years and together nearly 40 so.................🤣👍
I went in the other direction. My wife was 7 years older than me when we married. Lost her over a year ago after 57 wonderful years of marriage. I am having a hard time with the grief, thinking about her all the time. Would give anything to have her back.