Learn Why 50% of Marriages End in Divorce: The Risk Factors
Part 5: Reasons divorced people warn you to not get married
One of the common ways people try to convince me and others that we shouldn’t get married is by reminding us of the divorce rate: 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
When you hear that, does that make you think, “No point in getting married”?
Being the pragmatic woman that I am, my instinct is to agree. After all, the only surefire way to avoid divorce is to never get married.
My next instinct is to question conventional wisdom.
Does the high divorce rate mean that we shouldn’t bother risk getting married because the marriage is quite likely to fail? Or is there something more to this number?
I decided to probe things a bit more rather than take this number at face value.
The first thing I checked was the weather.
Check the weather forecast.
You’ve just seen the weather forecast. There’s a 50% chance of rain.
Do you bring an umbrella, just in case? Perhaps, if you’re like me and want your hands free to defend yourself from possible attack, you consider whether to bring a raincoat rather than an…
