[TexasFreeper2009]

I am 46 and have never known a single couple (near my age) personally that has been divorced. The other unusual thing is in my group of friends the average family has 3 to 4 kids. Those with only one are almost non-existent and usually would have liked more but couldn't for some sort of medical reason. Even those who we know who could have children, simply adopted 3 or 4.

My experience has also told me the often quoted 50% number was bogus. My guess was always that those who divorce and remarry over and over skew the numbers, but it turned out the numbers were completely bogus to begin with.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In my experience, couples I know who have divorced experienced one of two scenarios:

a) The man was not willing to keep to his marriage vows and engaged in adulterous behavior

or

b) The woman bought into a bunch of Oprah-esque pop psych philosophies that she had a “right” to be absolutely happy. Something that is utterly unattainable on this Earth, and which no man is able to provide.