The divorce rate in America reached it’s peak and people started to say that about 50% of marriages ended in divorce.\u00a0 The statistics around divorce continued to shock many Americans who stood for the institute of marriage.\u00a0 As it turns out, most people can’t stick it out for better or worse til death do them part.\u00a0 Instead they stick around until something happens that makes them feel unloved and that’s why 50% of marriages end in divorce.<\/p>\n
In earlier years marriage happened young and fast, sometimes even arranged.\u00a0 These days marriage isn’t exactly what it was just 10 years ago.\u00a0 The institution of marriage was a big part of living the American dream, when a married couple could afford to live comfortable life.\u00a0 However as the cost of living increases and wages become stagnant, marriage and the divorce rate are taking a hit.<\/p>\n
Which means that not 50% of marriages end in divorce anymore. According to statistics, the divorce rate has steadily declined since 2008.\u00a0 In 2016, it was nearly 20% lower than it was before.\u00a0 What is keeping 50% of marriages from ending in divorce?\u00a0 It isn’t love – and what it is may surprise you.<\/p>\n
Do 50% of marriages end in divorce?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Apparently, not any longer.\u00a0 According to reports it isn’t because people are staying together longer but instead because people are not getting married.\u00a0 News outlets (and everyone else) blame the Millennials for the decline. According to them, young people aren’t getting married and that is why the divorce rate is down.\u00a0 In addition to that, those who are getting married seem to be waiting longer and living together beforehand.\u00a0 Perhaps this “non-traditional” practice is actually saving the traditional nature of marriage…<\/p>\n But many of those Millienials would tell you it isn’t by choice.\u00a0 Many of them don’t have the stability or the means to get married let alone contribute to 50% percent of marriages ending in divorce. Many co-habitate not because they choose to, but because they have to in order to afford rent and food.\u00a0 Since most are strapped with thousands of dollars in student debt, they don’t have money to save for a wedding, buy a home or even pay for a car to get to a from work.\u00a0 That is if they can find work.<\/p>\n Money is a big reason marriages end in divorce and why they don’t get started<\/strong><\/p>\n Back when marriage happened right out of high school and lasted for 50 years, a family could be provided for and stable on just one single income.\u00a0 These days affording a family means working extra hours and paying for extra childcare.\u00a0 Those reasons alone have been enough to keep Millennials from getting married, but some also say marriage itself isn’t what is cracked up to.<\/p>\n Some Millenials aren’t married and don’t plan to get married.\u00a0 Many in their generation don’t think that the benefits of marriage are worth the hassle.\u00a0 Marriage means binding yourself to your partner, legally, and in most states it also binds together two people financially.\u00a0 It seems folks are wising up and choosing to protect themselves before choosing to get married.\u00a0 Some even say that marriage is just a paper and means very little to them.<\/p>\n Thanks to Millenials, their debt and their view of marriage, it is no longer true that 50% of marriages end in divorce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The divorce rate in America reached it’s peak and people started to say that about 50% of marriages ended in divorce.\u00a0 The statistics around divorce continued to shock many Americans who stood for the institute of marriage.\u00a0 As it turns out, most people can’t stick it out for better or worse til death do them part.\u00a0 Instead they stick around until something happens that makes them feel unloved and that’s why 50% of marriages end in divorce. In earlier years marriage happened young and fast, sometimes even arranged.\u00a0 These days marriage isn’t exactly what it was just 10 years ago.\u00a0 The institution of marriage was a big part of living the American dream, when a married couple could afford to live comfortable life.\u00a0 However as the cost of living increases and wages become stagnant, marriage and the divorce rate are taking a hit. Which means that not 50% of marriages end in divorce anymore. According to statistics, the divorce rate has steadily declined since 2008.\u00a0 In 2016, it was nearly 20% lower than it was before.\u00a0 What is keeping 50% of marriages from ending in divorce?\u00a0 It isn’t love – and what it is may surprise you. Do 50% of marriages end in divorce?\u00a0 Apparently, not any longer.\u00a0 According to reports it isn’t because people are staying together longer but instead because people are not getting married.\u00a0 News outlets (and everyone else) blame the Millennials for the decline. According to them, young people aren’t getting married and that is why the divorce rate is down.\u00a0 In addition to that, those who are getting married seem to be waiting longer and living together beforehand.\u00a0 Perhaps this “non-traditional” practice is actually saving the traditional nature of marriage… But many of those Millienials would tell you it isn’t by choice.\u00a0 Many of them don’t have the stability or the means to get married let alone contribute to 50% percent of marriages ending in divorce. Many co-habitate not because they choose to, but because they have to in order to afford rent and food.\u00a0 Since most are strapped with thousands of dollars in student debt, they don’t have money to save for a wedding, buy a home or even pay for a car to get to a from work.\u00a0 That is if they can find work. Money is a big reason marriages end in divorce and why they don’t get started Back when marriage happened right out of high school and lasted for 50 years, a family could be provided for and stable on just one single income.\u00a0 These days affording a family means working extra hours and paying for extra childcare.\u00a0 Those reasons alone have been enough to keep Millennials from getting married, but some also say marriage itself isn’t what is cracked up to. Some Millenials aren’t married and don’t plan to get married.\u00a0 Many in their generation don’t think that the benefits of marriage are worth the hassle.\u00a0 Marriage means binding yourself to your partner, legally, and in most states it also binds together two people financially.\u00a0 It seems folks are wising up and choosing to protect themselves before choosing to get married.\u00a0 Some even say that marriage is just a paper and means very little to them. Thanks to Millenials, their debt and their view of marriage, it is no longer true that 50% of marriages end in divorce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}