tilthat

TIL that the divorce rate of marriages are no longer at 50%. Divorces surged in the 70s and 80s skewing the stat. Current divorce rates are around 15%.

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bogleech

I like how the high divorce rate is one of the first things cited by religious conservatives as an example of society supposedly deteriorating and it was just their generation

rasticore

turns out divorce rates go down if you aren’t marrying people you don’t like