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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by georgemcbay on Sunday December 27, 2015 @11:30AM (#10797864)
Many (most?) people will divorce their first spouses and some people will never have children.

I don't disagree with your point that the article is overly simplistic with relationships (presumably because it is told from the POV of a person who is unmarried with no kids) but it also is more complicated than just assuming everyone will get married, stay married and have kids.

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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by codingdave on Sunday December 27, 2015 @11:32AM (#10797874)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/upshot/the-divorce-surge-i...

Your point is well taken, but divorce rates are dropping, so while we aren't living in the world of "Leave it to Beaver", neither are we in the lousy marriage climate of the 80s.

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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by selectodude on Sunday December 27, 2015 @12:33PM (#10798082)
I would imagine that has more to do with less societal pressure to get married young, or even at all.
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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by Grishnakh on Monday December 28, 2015 @01:19PM (#10802474)
Marriage rates are also dropping. More people are staying single.
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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by dogma1138 on Sunday December 27, 2015 @12:52PM (#10798144)
Don't all signs point to the economic climate being the reason as people can't afford a divorce?
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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by codingdave on Sunday December 27, 2015 @01:01PM (#10798180)
To which economic climate are you referring? The rates have been dropping for 40 years... the economy has had many changes during that time.

The other comment was closer to the reasons I've read - later marriages, and/or people who do not marry in the first place.

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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by Grishnakh on Monday December 28, 2015 @01:29PM (#10802525)
The other ugly factor is that the rate of single-parent-dom has increased enormously. So tons of kids are growing up in households with only one adult, are "latchkey kids", and aren't seeing any role models for what loving adult relationships should look like. This does not bode well for the future.
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Re:30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your bes... by mark_l_watson on Sunday December 27, 2015 @03:36PM (#10798681)
I have only been married only been once, and am still married, but I think it is common for people to be happier in second or third marriages.

I am 64 and in my experience interpersonal relationships keep getting better with age.

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