Divorce declining, but so is marriage

Isaac-Saxxon · 07-29-2007, 11:59 AM

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-divorce_x.htm
Divorce is on the decline in the USA, but a report to be released today suggests that may be due more to an increase in people living together than to more lasting marriages.

Couples who once might have wed and then divorced now are not marrying at all, according to The State of our Unions 2005. The annual report, which analyzes Census and other data, is issued by the National Marriage Project at New Jersey's Rutgers University.

The U.S. divorce rate is 17.7 per 1,000 married women, down from 22.6 in 1980. The marriage rate is also on a steady decline: a 50% drop since 1970 from 76.5 per 1,000 unmarried women to 39.9, says the report, whose calculations are based on an internationally used measurement.

Pocahontas · 07-29-2007, 01:58 PM

It's no wonder more people are only living together and not getting married due to the divorce rates being so high for the ones that do take the plunge!
You gotta take those vows seriously and many don't want to because they can't handle it.

guitarman · 07-29-2007, 04:01 PM

So reading the menu is ok just take it to the house it will pay off in the long run. It takes two working together to make it work and as the years come on the work may get a bit harder but in the end dividends will be good. Good post Pokie.

LateNight · 07-29-2007, 04:14 PM

Me and Mrs. going on 18 years TODAY.. how 'bout them apples.. that's along time to do ANYTHING.

guitarman · 07-29-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LateNight

Me and Mrs. going on 18 years TODAY.. how 'bout them apples.. that's along time to do ANYTHING.

Congratulation LateNight. That is something to be proud of and I hope you and your dear wife have many more ! I hope tonight you doing something special for her. You know out to eat and a foot rub

Pocahontas · 07-29-2007, 07:30 PM

CONGRATULATIONS LN!!!!!!!!!! Buy her some wine and chocolate and take her to dinner....throw in some roses and you should get everything YOU want!!

Texasbelle · 07-29-2007, 08:26 PM

Congratulations LateNite and Mrs. Latenite!!!!!

LateNight · 07-30-2007, 10:30 AM

Too much damn month, at the end of the money.

07-29-2007, 11:59 AM	#1
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 330	Divorce declining, but so is marriage http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-divorce_x.htm Divorce is on the decline in the USA, but a report to be released today suggests that may be due more to an increase in people living together than to more lasting marriages. Couples who once might have wed and then divorced now are not marrying at all, according to The State of our Unions 2005. The annual report, which analyzes Census and other data, is issued by the National Marriage Project at New Jersey's Rutgers University. The U.S. divorce rate is 17.7 per 1,000 married women, down from 22.6 in 1980. The marriage rate is also on a steady decline: a 50% drop since 1970 from 76.5 per 1,000 unmarried women to 39.9, says the report, whose calculations are based on an internationally used measurement. __________________ Maranatha Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

07-29-2007, 01:58 PM	#2
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 285	It's no wonder more people are only living together and not getting married due to the divorce rates being so high for the ones that do take the plunge! You gotta take those vows seriously and many don't want to because they can't handle it. __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

07-29-2007, 07:30 PM	#6
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 285	CONGRATULATIONS LN!!!!!!!!!! Buy her some wine and chocolate and take her to dinner....throw in some roses and you should get everything YOU want!! __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

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Texasbelle SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the woods Posts: 1,819 Rep Power: 278	Congratulations LateNite and Mrs. Latenite!!!!! __________________ One shoe can change your life! Cinderella

07-29-2007, 04:01 PM	#3
guitarman Advanced Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Shreveport Age: 56 Posts: 140 Rep Power: 227	So reading the menu is ok just take it to the house it will pay off in the long run. It takes two working together to make it work and as the years come on the work may get a bit harder but in the end dividends will be good. Good post Pokie.

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LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 281	Me and Mrs. going on 18 years TODAY.. how 'bout them apples.. that's along time to do ANYTHING.

07-30-2007, 10:30 AM	#8
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 281	Too much damn month, at the end of the money.

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