Sorry, Jimmy, but your analysis is flawed as well. Not every marriage has a 50% chance of failure.
“Right now … 72 percent of people are still married to their first spouse — that’s Census Bureau data. And of the 28 percent who are no longer married to their first spouse, Feldhahn said that a good chunk of those people were married when their husband or wife died and were never actually divorced. So, theoretically, the divorce rate must fall somewhere below the 28 percent mark.” http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/06/is-everything-weve-been-told-about-marriage-and-divorce-completely-wrong/
There are plenty of factors that make that outcome more or less likely, such as age and education. In fact, I’m curious how much the “50%” statistic is influenced by the people who serially marry and divorce. If you do your due diligence in finding a mate, the chance of the marriage ending in divorce can be much lower.
When I was a junior, a young alum (who also happened to be a Marine) got into altercation with a freshman from another house who had come to visit one of the actives. When the freshman didn’t leave after the alum told him to, the alum broke off a massive tree branch and ran at him, wielding the branch as a club. Thanks to the quick movements of a half-dozen actives, the alum was subdued and the freshman escorted away. I’m pretty sure the alum would have actually killed that guy.
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Sorry, Jimmy, but your analysis is flawed as well. Not every marriage has a 50% chance of failure.
“Right now … 72 percent of people are still married to their first spouse — that’s Census Bureau data. And of the 28 percent who are no longer married to their first spouse, Feldhahn said that a good chunk of those people were married when their husband or wife died and were never actually divorced. So, theoretically, the divorce rate must fall somewhere below the 28 percent mark.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/06/is-everything-weve-been-told-about-marriage-and-divorce-completely-wrong/
There are plenty of factors that make that outcome more or less likely, such as age and education. In fact, I’m curious how much the “50%” statistic is influenced by the people who serially marry and divorce. If you do your due diligence in finding a mate, the chance of the marriage ending in divorce can be much lower.
When I was a junior, a young alum (who also happened to be a Marine) got into altercation with a freshman from another house who had come to visit one of the actives. When the freshman didn’t leave after the alum told him to, the alum broke off a massive tree branch and ran at him, wielding the branch as a club. Thanks to the quick movements of a half-dozen actives, the alum was subdued and the freshman escorted away. I’m pretty sure the alum would have actually killed that guy.