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re: How many of us are products of a divorced family?
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:10 am to UltimaParadox
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:10 am to UltimaParadox
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Opposite is actually happening, divorce rates continue to trend downward since their peak near 1980
Because less and less people are even bothering to get married. Even with all that about the divorce rate going down, state marriage is no longer a good deal for most men anyway. First marriages end in divorce about 35-45% of the time from the research I have seen. Second marriages on up have higher divorce rates. These are still a really bad odds for most men. Women also initiate about 70% of all divorces. Here is a liberal news source on declining marriage rates.
Axios article on marriage rates
This post was edited on 3/30/24 at 11:33 am
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Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:11 am to fallguy_1978
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She likes to spend
Most of them do. Which is where trust comes in to play, and open honest conversations about it. If people don’t have the dialogue, failure is imminent.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:14 am to SteelerBravesDawg
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My wife is exactly the opposite. She's frugal and likes to count every penny.
Yeah that's why I said "most women". I'd say in most marriages the husband is the saver and the wife is the spender, but that's not the case for everyone.
I had a mortgage and 2 kids in daycare when I was still in my 20s. Spending on anything other than necessities back then stressed me the hell out
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:45 am to fallguy_1978
Anecdotal but only a couple of my friends are divorced and the ones that are come from households where their parents were divorced.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:52 am to saderade
It makes sense, but I don't think you are doomed to get divorced if you have divorced parents. You just have to approach the marriage with the mindset that you have learned from their mistakes. Also, be pretty selective on who you marry and make sure you are compatible with that person.
I know some people have religious objections, but my wife and I lived together for a year before we got married.
I know some people have religious objections, but my wife and I lived together for a year before we got married.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 12:21 pm to Will Cover
Both my parents divorced twice.
My siblings and I took note. We all married later than the norm at the time. Our marriages have lasted for decades now, except for one which ended with the spouse’s death.
My siblings and I took note. We all married later than the norm at the time. Our marriages have lasted for decades now, except for one which ended with the spouse’s death.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 12:47 pm to Will Cover
quote:Probably so - I was talking with a buddy the other day how odd it is that our entire friend group was raised in homes without divorces and now 35 years later our entire friend group has been married for between 5-10 years and there are no divorces. ~15 couples. Same with my wife's group of friends, zero divorces, all products of parents that weren't divorced
Is there any correlation that those who were raised in a broken home end potentially end up with a broken home themselves?
Could also be a testament to getting married later in life. My wife and I were the earliest of them all at 25.
This post was edited on 3/30/24 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 3/30/24 at 1:33 pm to Will Cover
quote:Me & Mrs Füt are coming up on 40 years of wedded bless.
The average 1st marriage lasts 8 years.
Her parents got to 58 and one of them died.
My parents got to 42 and one of them died.
We’ve had no serious problems; probably has something to do with the marriage commitment.
Failure has never been an option for me.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 1:35 pm to Will Cover
Raises hand on both
Posted on 3/30/24 at 1:41 pm to Honest Tune
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but only because my dad never met a piece of cat he wouldn’t try to make purr.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 2:35 pm to South Shore Cyclist
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Both my parents divorced twice.
My siblings and I took note. We all married later than the norm at the time. Our marriages have lasted for decades now, except for one which ended with the spouse’s death.
Both of mine divorced once. Their second marriages have/were much more successful. My mom and stepdad will celebrate 30 years in June and my dad and stepmum were 2 months shy of 24 years when my dad passed away in 2018.
I am celebrating 20 years of my original marriage in October. My sister is on her 2nd and it has been much more fruitful/successful than her first.
My grandparents were 2 months shy of 67 years married when my Grandpa passed in June of 2020.
This post was edited on 3/30/24 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 3/30/24 at 5:27 pm to Will Cover
There is a definite correlation. Friends who have divorced almost always have one spouse who is a product of divorce.
I always thought it happens because these people haven't had the benefit of observing a functioning marriage up close. If you grow up thinking marriage doesn't mean much, it usually won't to you.
I always thought it happens because these people haven't had the benefit of observing a functioning marriage up close. If you grow up thinking marriage doesn't mean much, it usually won't to you.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 7:52 pm to Will Cover
Yes and yes
Fun fact. My first marriage lasted 24 years
Fun fact. My first marriage lasted 24 years
Posted on 3/30/24 at 8:07 pm to Havoc
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Well living in an unhappy marriage isn’t all its cracked up to be either.
You shouldn’t have been trashy and been in an unhappy marriage
Posted on 3/30/24 at 8:56 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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That's so difficult to believe.
People stopped getting married entirely. If you accounted for people that had a long term relationship together and had a child or children together splitting up, the rates would be much higher
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