Why does more than 50% of marriages end up in divorce?

Question

Per forgetVegas, they don't? And in my Sociology class my professor said they do? Lets face it, more marriages are ending in divorce, separation etc. Why get married for the first place?

Could it be a "CULTURE THING?"

Answer 1

Feminism. If marriages were still set up according to the Bible there wouldn't be so many divorces. . .highly respected male head of household, cherished female heart of household.

Answer 2

Because of the hardness of our hearts and the selfishness we feel. People do not go into marriage for the right reasons and that is mainly why. Most people marry because they think they can "change" the other person. WRONG!!!! The only person you have the power to change is YOU and you hope and pray that someday with God's help they will change. You need to love and accept your spouse for who and what they are not for what you want or think they need to be. People have the wrong concept of marriage and that is why the divorce rate is so high.
Second marriage are about 70% divorce rate and third time is even hight at about 90%.... It only gets worse.... Sad statistics but true. If people would go into marriage for the right reasons and not the wrong ones you would see a BIG difference in these statistics. People should not even ever marry if they cannot or do not plan on living up to the vows they have made and if they cannot stay true and devoted. God as the center of the marriage is very important and his design for the marriage is perfect.
http://www.marriagetoday.org

Answer 3

People tend to enter into a marriage for the wrong reasons or with too high of an expectation of what it should be. Some enter into it thinking "well, if it doesn't work out, I can always get a divorce" and it is doomed from the beginning. Many don't even know what love is until they do get married, then understand what love isn't and end up stuck in a relationship. Or they just grow apart and after awhile have nothing in common. There are many reasons why it happens. The best way to prevent it is to love the one you marry and grow together...remain best friends, laugh often and communicate. Remember, 50% of marriages do work!

Answer 4

because 50% of couples get married for the wrong reasons or just simply fail to consider that there is life after the wedding and don't negotiate the important aspects of that. some get married while in the 'infatuation' stage without knowing whether this is someone they really want to be with everyday after that has worn off (and it will wear off), some get so caught up in the idea of the wedding and the 'idea' of a marriage that they go through with it even though deep down they know its not the right thing even as they get dressed for the ceremony...there are as many reasons as there are divorces.

Answer 5

Because people no longer realize what to look for, in a potential marriage partner. They go on impulses, always wanting a little more, and then when they get it, they realize they aren't up for the work required to keep the flame alive.
Plus, too many get married, without the intention to be with just that one person, for the rest of their life. They go out and cheat while the other is away (especially common in military marriages).

Answer 6

People change as they get older. What you like in your 20s probably isn't what you like in your 30s, etc. Marriage is hard in this society. If you didn't have a choice to leave, you would make the best of it..
I got a divorce because I didn't want to make him happy anymore by pretending I was somebody I wasn't. I was misserable. I just wanted a family so bad, that I ignored his personality... I screwed up.

Answer 7

I think one reason is that society has made it acceptable and easy to get a divorce. I think divorces should cost a few thousand dollars, and you can get out of the fee by proving abuse or affair. If it is just because you want to quit, you have to pony up the cash. I think that would make a lot of people reconsider getting a divorce, and maybe try to work on the relationship.

Answer 8

Most of the time, marriages end in divorce if the couple married too young or they moved in together before marriage.

Answer 9

I think people rush things without getting to know the other person well enough first. Then after married try and change the other person to what they think they should be this causes much conflict and instead of working out the problem neither will compromise, when both need to.

Answer 10

the world is a mess. things have changed, and people have changed, in terms of the way they deal with one another. people can't seem to be nice to one another any more. people in relationships are fighting each other, using each other, hurting each other and being mean and rough, when they should be loving each other, listening, caring. people have no respect for marriage anymore. there is a lot of cheating going on, because sometimes when a marriage is lacking something, a spouse will go outside to seek it.'

sometimes childhood issues affect a person for the rest of their lives, and it plays out in the marriage.

al in all, the world is a mess.

Answer 11

People get divorced for many different reasons. I got divorced when the emotional, physical, verbal abuse wasn't just with me anymore but started towards my baby girl. That was the end of it for me, even though family members told me i was going to have to stay single the rest of my life, cause if i remarried i was going to hell.
I was already in hell so how much worse could it be.