If people don't get married, how can they get divorced.
This is surprising. Also, the teen pregnancy has fallen to its lowest rate in some 60 years. Everyone is pleased by this, but no one knows the reason for it.
bull hockey, you should have seen the full courtroom I was in today
Violent crime rate has also dropped, again, no one really knows why.
Fewer couples bothering to get married in the first place.
Just wait until gay dirvorce.
One of my gay friends posted that his marriage is all about submission. That brought out quite a chorus.
My three rental units now have renters ranging from early 20’s to early 40’s to mid-70’s. None of them are in traditional marriages. The 70-somethings are living two women with one man, none with the same last name. The two “kids” have a child and are expecting another. The 40’s are living together and have three teenagers. I have no idea whether the teenagers are his, hers or theirs. I simply don’t ask.
Virtually everyone in my generation my wife and I know are now divorced. We are one of the few still together (30 years now). Ironically, a lot of the divorces are “grey divorces,” I can’t tell you how many people we know our age have called it quits within the past 5 years. Seems like once the kids are out of the house, that is the end of the marriage.
You mean I’ve waited too late and missed my chance? Fiddlesticks!
Many good insightful reasons offered here by FRiends.
I think the poor economy / work prospects have a lot to do with decreased divorce rates.
I know several unhappy long married couples who dismissed the possibility of divorce, since it would have significantly impacted their standard of living and financial security.
Establishing and maintaining separate households is quite expensive.
Dang near 80% of my kids friends are from broken homes. Am I expected to believe this is some freak anomoly? When I was growing up only 1 person I knew was from a broken home.
Fifty Percent of American Marriages Are Ending in Divorce-Fiction!
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/divorce.htm#.VH5rhZUtBFY
Many are avoiding relationships. Many are cohabiting without marriage. According to many of them (some work that I did and some ongoing projects), they don’t want to be like their mothers.