Since 2016, both marriage and divorce rates are declining, which makes sense considering they’re directly related. Still though, about 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, according to wf-lawyers.com.
Every 13 seconds there is a divorce in the U.S., which comes out to 277 divorces per hour, 6,646 divorces per day, 46,523 divorces per week, and 2,419,196 divorces per year. Russia has the highest divorce rate of any country in the world, followed by Belarus, Gibraltar, and then the U.S.
Dancers and bartenders are the two professions with the highest divorce rates. Agricultural engineers and optometrists have the lowest.
Have you ever gone through a divorce? Please tell us in the poll below (and, like we said, we’re sorry to remind you…)
50-years married and counting for us…52-yrs together if you count high school.
Well….not YET. Married 41 years.
Been married for 53 years and counting. I don’t think I could replace my lovely wife nor do I think I could find anyone who loves me as much. I think I will stay married. We have 4 children and 10 grandchildren. Doesn’t get any better than that unless we get some great grandchildren.
Been married 55 years; to the same person.
That’s what gave me the wonderful opportunity to become a full-time RVer!
Just hit the 45 year mark a few days ago.
Married for 50 years. Started dating her when she was 14 and I was 18. Four years later she graduated high school and I from college and we got married. Later after our first and only child, she went to college for her degree. It was a perfect match.
Same as Tom B. Not yet. Married 41 years and still not sure if she’s gonna keep me…
All three were relief from agony. One was MIL driven and directed. One was a crazy spender who bought clothes she never wore, 87 pair of panty hose at one point
The last was simply crazy, insecure and always accusing. Took me awhile but the one I am married to now is close enough to perfect. Sixteen years and counting.
The results are amazing. No divorce is a tribute to the generation age of this forum. I suspect a younger crowd stats would be much different.
Next month, it will be 54 years! Seems like yesterday and we have been full time now for going on 8 years! Enjoying America together!
My first wife (1971-1976) was very Friendly with my so-called friends. I wasn’t in the same societal sphere as my second wife (mid-level USAF enlisted guy vs para-legal at larger law firm). My third wife and I have been together for 33 years and wouldn’t trade her for anything or anyone else. She’s my bride. 😊😊😊
Fifty years this past September, I still don’t know why she has kept me around this long but I’m grateful!
Third time is the charm. 30 years with husband number 3.
48 years ago, did much better the second time (48 years so far)
52 years ended last November 29th when she passed due to Dementia. Knew she couldn’t travel any more and, in a rational moment, entered hospice care. Its a blessing she isn’t here to endure the pandemic.
Never got married but was with the love of my life for almost 25 years. She’s the one that got me started in RVing. We split up for several reasons but I hope we can get back what we had and make it even better.
No but both daughter’s have .The older one twice. After 58 years my wife says I gotta keep her.
Still married after 24 years (not counting the six years we dated) and happily sharing a campervan that’s smaller than your pickup truck 🙂
We will celebrate our 49th on December 24th. Our daughter has finally found a fellow, after two (2) jackasses, who treats her as a person should be treated.
Wife is Catholic (I’m not). She has always told me that I’m not allowed to divorce her… 36 years. While traveling one time we ran into some Nuns. I asked them, “Since my wife is Catholic and she gets to go to heaven, she should be able to bring her husband with her. Does that mean she is my free ticket to heaven?”. The head Nun thought about it a while, smiled and said yes. (true story, even though I don’t tell the story very well)
After 10 years of marriage, my wife and I divorced. Being young and married can be difficult. Three years later, we remarried on the same date. She insists that we deduct three years for the length of our marriage. So, we are somewhere between 46 and 49 years of “bliss”. Thank God it worked out.
55 years yesterday to the same woman….. don’t think I’ll change now.
never married. came close twice but think god I came to my senses before I said “I do “.
Married 10 years the first time to an alcoholic i threw in the towel. 2nd marriage it’s now 33 years and she’s still has kept me around. Today’s generation might be lower in divorce rate as they seemed to just live together and if they split we don’t hear about it data wise.
After almost 57 years I think were going to make it.
First wife 22yrs, 3 children (1 deceased), I was 19 at marriage thought it was for life. She thought it was home base and security, multiple flings. 3 yrs single. Met the love of my life. Going on 31 yrs Dec. 9, could not be happier (seems like only a couple years).
42 years and my “money back guarantee” is up, so it wouldn’t make sense for her to get rid of me now!!
61 years come Feb. 2021 if we make it through 2020, still RVing & continuous Good Sam member since the 70’s.
AWESOME!
63 years in Jan 2021..do it again in a heartbeat..
Double AWESOME!
46 happy years of marriage. As Barbara Bush once said, “I never considered divorce as an option. Murder, yes; divorce, no.”
😆 I’ve heard that before. Still funny. Thanks, Diane. 🙂 —Diane at RVTravel.com
Needs to be a choice for: “No, but I’d like to”.
Nope, 52 years last August!
People get engaged saying they adore one another, complete one another, and want to live the rest of their lives in that saccharin place.
So they marry, and change ALL of that. Moments after “I do” one person checks “Marry” off their ToDo list, stops feeling the same, wish they could cut off a limb to get rid of their mate, and want to die if they can’t.
I’ve been committed to two spouses for 31 years, adored both, but can’t point to a single place where marriage improved what WAS great before. I approach each day as re-earning my lover, but i seem to be the oddball.
My husband just died in October after 49 years, 5 months and 7 days. Was it wedded bliss the whole time? No. We went through the poor and wealthy (although wealthy means we were living on our income), the worse and better, health and ended with his sickness of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Hi! Just in case you’re including children of divorce, count me in for two. Thanks!
Bonita, that is an interesting aspect! My mother was married 4 times, my real father 5… (seriously) I have quite a story to tell about step-families.
Anyone else care to weigh in? (I say this with humor and humility of course)
Nope married the right girl in November of 1966 and she’s stuck with me ever since, even through a 26 year USAF career.
Yes, once in 1980 after six years of trying to make it work with a man that was allergic to work. Final straw was after my bank account was overdrawn because he was taking money out and bringing it home as his pay. Didn’t marry again until 1986 after dating for nearly four years, this time to a grown up that wanted a partner, not a mother.
After we got married my wife informed me there wouldn’t be a divorce, but there would be my funeral.
My Mom and Dad were married 78 years before he passed away at 100. Mom is still going strong. Me not so much, two divorces once widowed and on my 4th marriage. This one is going great though.