Posted on 05/10/2007 4:33:20 PM PDT by LWalk18
NEW YORK // By the numbers, divorce just isn't what it used to be.
Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Or it could be the fact that we have more older Americans than younger and they divorce less.
That's a good point. The article did say that people are marrying five year later than they did 37 years ago, which lower the rate of divorce as well.
Actually, its simply a case that more people (including myself) are CHOOSING not to get married. THAT’s a fact and their were several articles posted about it on FR months ago.
Don't know if 11 years counts as "current," but this idiot has never been happier.
80% of men never know what hit them. They thought the marriage was fine.
You, sir, are a lucky man.
Yeah, I waited until I was 38. Didn’t help. *sigh*
My first thought as well. With fewer marriages there must be fewer divorces. But at least Bill and Hilary are going strong!!! (barf)
Some of it's "luck," to be sure, if by "luck" you mean the grace of God.
I think it's more of choosing well and doing what is needed to maintain a functioning, positive relationship.
Don't marry a crazy (fun, sexy) bitch, that goes a long way. And for those guys who "didn't see it coming," your friends did.
My husband’s parents divorced in the 70s, and it devastated him. He does not want to go through that, and he really does not want to put his kids through it.
Of course, his brother and sister are both divorced, so that’s not the case for every kid of divorced parents.
*shrug* I thought I chose well.
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"Lower two-thirds" Martin? Are we being a bit jerkish?
Because overall, I am a better person than 99% of everybody, and you all need to become more like me.
Bonehead. I'd love to peel into Martin's personal life and find out which segment *he* represents.
Congrats! We’ll hit 26 years on May 30th. It hasn’t always been easy, but worth hanging in there. We’ve learned to take the good with the bad.
Boomers are getting too old to want to divorce, younger generations are less likely to do so.
Not so, if the statistics are "divorces per marriage," which was one of the first questions raised on the thread.
From the article:
Some experts say relationships are as unstable as ever -- and divorces are down primarily because more couples live together without marrying.
Yes, I am about to unleash my soon to be ex wife on these fewer guys as well - may God have mercy on their souls.
Nothing better than when you can drop the “soon to be” from “ex-wife”
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