Have you heard about the statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce? How accurate do you think that is?
I think that statement should be worded differently. In my experience, people who get one divorce are more likely than not going to get a second divorce if they remarry. Because of that, I think the statement should be something about the success rate of first marriages. Since the majority of divorcees I know get a second one (and sometimes a third), that really skews the statistic. The worst part is that 50% statistic gets thrown around a lot, and it kind of devalues marriage. That is not good.
I know that this isn't a funny post, but sometimes that's gonna happen. That's how I roll.
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Glenn,
I agree. There is not enough clarification of the stats. After taking a statistics class recently, I did a little research. The statistic of 50%is a general and not very descriptive. A great place to find stats on divorce:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad323.pdf
Drop me a line when you have some time. I know it's been a decade since we last talked, but time changes everything: jkrush1@gmail.com
Jeff
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