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These past two generations of adults were raised on divorce. I'd like to know the divorce statistics for men and women who are afraid to get married. If you've never had a stable, happy family to model your own marriage after, how are you supposed to succeed? The art of marriage and family has been lost on two generations of Americans.

As a matter of fact, lots of people on this thread have very personal first-hand accounts of their own divorces. I'd be curious to know what your expectations of marriage and family were based on your childhood experiences.

The most successful marriages I know are of people who came from solid, happy, families... and not coincidentally, people with a strong faith in God. People live what is modeled to them in childhood (with some exceptions of course.)

Has anyone considered that maybe, just maybe, these young men witnessed bad marriages and bad divorces themselves? Maybe, just maybe, they grew up in homes with fathers who threw their mothers away for younger models or mothers who threw the whole family away for personal freedom.

These past two generations of adults were raised on divorce. I'd like to know the divorce statistics for men and women who are afraid to get married. If you've never had a stable, happy family to model your own marriage after, how are you supposed to succeed? The art of marriage and family has been lost on two generations of Americans.

I am one of them, my parents divorced when I was 10 in 1976 and before I would marry, I would have to make sure everything is right, at least to the best of my ability. I want to be a good husband and father someday so I really hope my wife will be a good wife and mother, otherwise I'd be really hestitant. I know my mother did get burned from it but on the other hand, the way things go today, I would be afraid of getting burned. I know I am among the first wave of the 1970's "latch key" kids.