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re: Baby Boomers and the Drastic Decline in Divorce Rates in Gen X and Y
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:03 pm to Golfer
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:03 pm to Golfer
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False. Every trend and data point indicates it'll continue to decline.
I think y'all are looking at it two different ways. I think he what he means is, the rate only goes up for the same group over time. The 15% rate for those married in the 2000's can't reverse. In 20 years, that number will be higher as time allows more couples to get divorced.
I think what you mean is, the rate for those married in 2010's and beyond seem to be on the path to being even lower than previous decades.
I think you're both right, but I could be completely misunderstanding both of you.
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Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:04 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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How did the Greatest Generation produce such colossal frick ups?
Cause they started believing they were the "greatest" generation! There's a lesson in there for you younger people.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:04 pm to Golfer
People are more pragmatic about marriage these days. They heard about their parents rushing into marriage due to a combination of it "feeling right" and the pressure created by their parents getting married at 20.
Younger folks are waiting to get married. They're more mature and financially secure. They haven't cohabited yet. And thus they are more committed to making it work.
I think this generation is more pragmatic in general than their parents' generation. Same can be said for X. It's why younger folks are both more socially liberal and fiscally conservative these days.
Younger folks are waiting to get married. They're more mature and financially secure. They haven't cohabited yet. And thus they are more committed to making it work.
I think this generation is more pragmatic in general than their parents' generation. Same can be said for X. It's why younger folks are both more socially liberal and fiscally conservative these days.
This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:05 pm to Indfanfromcol
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Or maybe younger generations have better values than those before us.
I agree with this. The Baby Boomers as a whole have very shitty values. They love screwing each other and the younger generations over. Then they blame their frick ups on the younger generations. They are the reason this country is so messed up right now. They went completely against everything their parents taught them because they wanted to be different.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:05 pm to lsu480
Honestly, has anyone considered that now 1 in 4 people who marry met online? You have little inhibitions about acting like an arse online compared to in the real world, and the person you met and fell in love with online would likely know you at your very worst from the start. The fact that people who meet each other many miles apart and have no common friend base, but through online and the fact that they are truly compatible may actually have led to a slower divorce rate than any other generation was previously capable of. I think this is largely a reason the divorce rate is lower than any other preceding generation.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:08 pm to Golfer
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Is there anything this generation did right?
Gave birth to the future GOAT generations X and Y.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:09 pm to Golfer
I vowed not to do what my parents did.
I'm in till death do us part.
I'm in till death do us part.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:09 pm to OMLandshark
Premarital sex and cohabitation are much more socially acceptable now. I think people take longer to get married because they get all the benefits without the contract. The ones who get bored "break up" which doesn't contribute to the rate.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:16 pm to GRTiger
Actually, correction. It's now up to 1 in 3 married couples met online: LINK
I really don't think this is a coincidence. We wait longer and also know more what they are at their core, rather than just fricking a local on a one night, getting married, and it inevitably ending in divorce when you find out you really have little in common with them. It makes logical sense why our generation has a lower divorce rate, since it seems to be more soul and finances first rather than just being obligated to marry and knocking up a hot chick you liked when drunk.
I really don't think this is a coincidence. We wait longer and also know more what they are at their core, rather than just fricking a local on a one night, getting married, and it inevitably ending in divorce when you find out you really have little in common with them. It makes logical sense why our generation has a lower divorce rate, since it seems to be more soul and finances first rather than just being obligated to marry and knocking up a hot chick you liked when drunk.
This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:19 pm to TrueTiger
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I vowed not to do what my parents did.
I'm in till death do us part.
Same here.
I see the effects it has on children too. Seen a lot of kids fricked up by divorce from parents who didn't value commitment.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:27 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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How did the Greatest Generation produce such colossal frick ups?
I often wonder this myself. For how unbelievably badass and cool the vast majority of WWII generation people are, on the whole the great majority of their kids are just such preening narcissistic arse wipes.
This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:28 pm to Golfer
It's false data... Less people are getting married and more people are having kids out of wedlock
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:28 pm to Indfanfromcol
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I see the effects it has on children too. Seen a lot of kids fricked up by divorce from parents who didn't value commitment.
One of my best friends and his wife have both been the victims of brutally divorced households to where it's been horrible on them, and despite dating since high school, they've taken their time and made sure they're good for one another. My generation has learned from the past in this, and we will have a much lower divorce rate than the past generations. We don't look at marriage as an obligation to our families, merely something we want to do with someone we're sure we can spend every moment of our lives with and not grow bored. I know some people who settled on not being able to continue with their passion with their SO, but those are always doomed to fail.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:29 pm to xraytech
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It's false data... Less people are getting married and more people are having kids out of wedlock
Educated people certainly aren't, and as far as this stat is concerned, that's all that I care about.
This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:31 pm to Golfer
Baby Boomers might be the worst generation in world history. They fricking suck at everything. First they were dope head, tree hugging hippies, then they were soulless, coke head yuppies, and now they're mean, Viagra popping old fricks. I say frick em.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:33 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Are people still getting married at the same rate they were then? Seems like maybe people are more content these days to just cohabitate.
I also agree with my generation seeing the havoc divorce caused. We're waiting longer to get married.
Plus, contrary to the liberal feminists that are shoved in your face, I think most women are past burning their bras. I know very few women that would identify themselves as a feminist. And most of my close friends are anti feminist.
I also agree with my generation seeing the havoc divorce caused. We're waiting longer to get married.
Plus, contrary to the liberal feminists that are shoved in your face, I think most women are past burning their bras. I know very few women that would identify themselves as a feminist. And most of my close friends are anti feminist.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:34 pm to CoCo311
Maybe people aren't getting married because they watched their baby boomer parents go through horrible divorces and didn't want to subject their own children to the same trauma?
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:35 pm to BobBarker
Yeah, I mentioned that.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:37 pm to CoCo311
My bad did not see that.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:41 pm to Navytiger74
NavyTiger.
That may be the wisest thing I have ever read on the interwebs.
That may be the wisest thing I have ever read on the interwebs.
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