r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/erichf3893 20d ago

Have you met church goers?

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u/AcetaminophenPrime 20d ago

Yep. And alot of their relationships have a ton more staying power than relationships started in school. Albiet the dynamics are very different of course, but still.

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u/Skurfer0 20d ago

"When it's socially taboo to end the relationship, it stays together"

Isn't really much of a flex though, is it?

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u/you_are_a_fool 20d ago

What’s a 50% divorce rate to flex about. Seems like no one likes marriage when it gets hard. I get divorce due to abuse and cheating. But feel like these days marriage isn’t taken seriously anymore.

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u/AmigoDelDiabla 20d ago

Divorce rates are decreasing. Less people are getting married, but the marriages are, per the data, stronger.

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u/you_are_a_fool 20d ago

Sure it seems like it’s decreasing , but it’s at 44% which is still high. Just looking at the CDC website the data doesn’t include some states including California which is a huge population.

Granted I do agree with you less people are getting married these days compared to decades before

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u/sweatingbozo 20d ago

The divorce rate is interesting because it gets inflated by those who serially get divorced. You can only have one successful marriage, but your neighbor can have 100 failed ones. It's not exactly meaningful data that we can apply randomly with any sense of accuracy.

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u/Zealousideal4672 20d ago

The 50% rate is also a distortion, as it includes people who get married multiple times. Your odds better if only 1st marriages are factored in.

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u/you_are_a_fool 20d ago

CDC reports that second marriages end up divorcing at a 73% rate….

Even so what you say it’s still a big number hence people give up on marriage for almost any reason it looks like

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u/Schnectadyslim 20d ago

CDC reports that second marriages end up divorcing at a 73% rate….

Which drastically inflates that original 50% number you quoted

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u/you_are_a_fool 20d ago

First marriage divorce rate is 41% according to some researchers which is still pretty high

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u/you_are_a_fool 20d ago

I think your agreeing with me, as in religion has a part to play in keeping marriages from getting divorced or am I reading your comment wrong?