Thank you Jarl

Today I read some interesting facts – see below:

 
For Your consideration:

Fifty one percent of all first marriages end in divorce

Sixty six percent of all second marriages end in divorce.

Ninety percent of all third marriages end in divorce.

The picture becomes even more troubling when you also take into consideration three other important factors:

• The statistics cited were gathered from men and women aged 15 to 44 years of age (the age range in which 99.7 % of all births occur) so not all divorces are even represented.

• The above noted statistics also do not address the rate of separation among couples that simply choose to cohabitate and then split up because no statistical data is gathered regarding this growing group.

• Here’s the “kicker:

Many folks choose to stay in what can only be objectively judged to be ‘dysfunctional marriages’ due to financial pressures, children, family pressures to stay together, societal stigmas and issues around divorce, etc.

When all of these factors are considered, perhaps one in ten marriages are truly happy, ‘functional’, and mutually fulfilling. – Ron Capocelli (http://inspiredcommitment.com/making-it-count/friendship-and-romantic-love-2/#comment-2415)

It makes me sad to see people have an inability or drive to work things out.

Love & Courage

Stephen Light