Weddings are great, they are a day that the bride and groom will never forget, and hopefully will never want to forget. Over the last several decades, marriage in our nation has declined, while living together, divorce and unmarried childbearing have increased. Although the divorce rates are high in society today, that doesn’t mean that true love doesn’t exist.
Back in the day, divorce was not very common, just ask your grandparents.
Statistics show that over 50% of couples that live together before marriage, do not spend the rest of their lives together.
I think that now a day’s people are so caught up in their relationships that they often forget about thinking of their future and they make decisions on what they want now, instead of what would be better in the long run.
Here are some fun facts about marriage! (Well not exactly fun, but informational)
The ratio of marriages to divorces is 2 to 1
There were approximately 2,230,000 marriages in 2005 -- down from 2,279,000 the previous year, despite a total population increase of 2.9 million over the same period.
Divorce rates also increased from 9 to 23 per married couples from 1960 to 1980, before declining slightly and remaining steady at 20 per 1,000 through 1998
The divorce rate in 2005 (per 1,000 people) was 3.6 -- the lowest rate since 1970, and down from 4.2 in 2000 and from 4.7 in 1990.
The peak of the divorce rate was 5.3 in 1981 (according to the Associated Press.)
Going through a divorce is ten times worse when children are involved; here are some more stats on that, involving child support and other stuff.
As of 2003, 43.7% of custodial mothers and 56.2% of custodial fathers were either separated or divorced. And in 2002, 7.8 million Americans paid about $40 billion in child support (84% of the payers were male).
Children living with only one parent have increased from 9% to 29.52% in 2005. Of those 83% of the children live with the mother.
This information was brought to you by “Marriage statistics, latest statistics from the census bureau”
I think that there is somebody out there for everybody, and I also think that a couple should wait to live together until they are married, who knows, that might just keep them together forever. But those are only my thoughts and opinions and I will not judge anybody for doing it any other way.
Back in the day, divorce was not very common, just ask your grandparents.
Statistics show that over 50% of couples that live together before marriage, do not spend the rest of their lives together.
I think that now a day’s people are so caught up in their relationships that they often forget about thinking of their future and they make decisions on what they want now, instead of what would be better in the long run.
Here are some fun facts about marriage! (Well not exactly fun, but informational)
The ratio of marriages to divorces is 2 to 1
There were approximately 2,230,000 marriages in 2005 -- down from 2,279,000 the previous year, despite a total population increase of 2.9 million over the same period.
Divorce rates also increased from 9 to 23 per married couples from 1960 to 1980, before declining slightly and remaining steady at 20 per 1,000 through 1998
The divorce rate in 2005 (per 1,000 people) was 3.6 -- the lowest rate since 1970, and down from 4.2 in 2000 and from 4.7 in 1990.
The peak of the divorce rate was 5.3 in 1981 (according to the Associated Press.)
Going through a divorce is ten times worse when children are involved; here are some more stats on that, involving child support and other stuff.
As of 2003, 43.7% of custodial mothers and 56.2% of custodial fathers were either separated or divorced. And in 2002, 7.8 million Americans paid about $40 billion in child support (84% of the payers were male).
Children living with only one parent have increased from 9% to 29.52% in 2005. Of those 83% of the children live with the mother.
This information was brought to you by “Marriage statistics, latest statistics from the census bureau”
I think that there is somebody out there for everybody, and I also think that a couple should wait to live together until they are married, who knows, that might just keep them together forever. But those are only my thoughts and opinions and I will not judge anybody for doing it any other way.
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