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Ok! Dump her ass!
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Wiregeek on 01 Sep 2010, 09:55 ---Remind me why divorce is so common now as to be considered normal.
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There are good and bad reasons for divorce. And note that, yes, I have been divorced - but I was married for 22 years first (17 in my second marriage, so far), which is well over average these days.
jwhouk:
I'm trying to remember the statistics I heard about people who live together before marriage and divorce rates, but the numbers are escaping me.
Only thing I do remember, though, was that the numbers weren't good. Couples who lived together before marriage more than likely didn't get married, and those who did get married were like about three times more likely to get divorced.
Somehow that makes me sadder than seeing Marten with a pair of Faye's jeans on.
DoubleJ:
If I'm remembering right, the results fall under the heading of "Doesn't Help; Makes It Worse" -- basically people see moving in together as a safety valve, but then feel too wrapped up into it and decide that after living together for a while they're supposed to get married, with the net result being that people who would have broken up if they weren't living together end up getting married when they shouldn't and contribute to the divorce rate when they can't take it any more.
jwhouk:
It also comes out as a good argument for not living together in the first place.
Before you come at me with that weird broom, some self-disclosure: my wife and I lived together for several months before we got married. I admit it.
Nightson:
Honestly I think the biggest problem with moving in together is that it's done way, way too soon. Moving in together is a huge relationship step that a lot of times seems to get treated like it's not a big deal.
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