Feb 01
I’m kind of curious what anybody thinks. I’m not trying to start a political debate or anything, I’m honestly just curious. The US has a divorce rate of just over 48%. That’s a somewhat biased stat, however, as 67% of people who get married stay married. The other 33% just happens to get divorced more than once.
Regardless, I’m not very impressed by those numbers–and by “not very impressed”, I mean “very unimpressed”. I’m curious what anybody else things. Anybody and everybody.
February 1st, 2006 at 9:37 pm
elaborate on what you mean by unimpressed. do you feel americans don’t take marriage seriously enough and 48 percent is too high? or do you mean that those figures are just standard and don’t provoke any type of feeling in you at all?
personally, i would would side with the former.
February 1st, 2006 at 10:45 pm
yeah, i’m saying it paints a pretty pitiful picture. to say “one of every three people who gets married will get divorced–and many times at that” seems very high to me.
February 3rd, 2006 at 3:40 pm
i agree with both of you.
February 3rd, 2006 at 3:44 pm
I have never seen those numbers and would like a link if you have one. If they are true though it does seem pretty bad.
February 3rd, 2006 at 5:27 pm
I too would like to see a reference.
February 4th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
Here’s a link to suggest the 50%. Really, they say 49%. Close enough, I’d say. This link also says approximately 50% under “North America–General Population”.
As for the other statistic, I actually get the numbers from the CDC right here. Go to page 5, and check the paragraph on the right with the heading “First marriage”.
So, going back to original question, what do you think about it?
February 5th, 2006 at 8:49 am
I don’t think there is any way to look at those figures and not agree with what you guys have said. It both sad and painful. Plus, it’s a little scary when I think about my own future.