30% through your life, you’re likely 90% through your best relationships

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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