Some Eye-Opening Statistics
Ø Although divorced people may have
successful subsequent marriages, the divorce rate of remarriages is actually
higher than that of first marriages, Ø Those who get into a live-in
arrangement before marrying have a considerably higher chance of divorcing.
Reasons are not that clear. This can probably be explained by the fact that the
type of people who tend to co-habit may also be those who are more willing to
divorce. There is proof that supports the notion that cohabitation itself
generates attitudes in people that are more conducive to divorce, one example
of which is the thinking that living together is temporary, and hence an
arrangement that can easily be terminated. Ø Qualitative studies and long term
empirical studies have demonstrated that children develop interpersonal
problems that become worse in adulthood, thus affecting their own chances at a happy
marriage.
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