How would you explain the high divorce rate in America?

Question

Why was it lower in the past?

Answer 1

People like me are running around offering lonely housewives more than what their husbands are.

Answer 2

The fact is, is we as a society are raising children with no morals or values, If you look back into the 1950,s life was so different, it was shameful to get a divorce & lord help you if you got pregnant before you were married, my grandmother told me that in the 50,s men treated women with way more respect & honor versus the men of today. Also on a whole, our country is very different, we have many, many more different people coming over from different countrys who have different lifestyles & religions, so this changes alot of ways people think & live. But I really do believe the problem is also the women who have children & raise their kids in a single family home, with no father in the home, in turn the mom has to work a 9 to 5 job & chances are high she will dump her child off in a day care center where the child will be practically raised by strangers, in turn the child begins to detatch from his mother & sure he learns his or her ABC,s but he or she also learns insecurity & fear, and so another cycle is created, so its all about our society & where its going for the future generation of children is a very scary place, you think the divorse rate is high now, just wait another 20 years.

Answer 3

I agree with many aforementioned ideas by previous responders.

Marriage should be legal at about 28 years of age.
Laywers should not be able to prey upon very disturbed individuals who awake one day in living hell, as the white picket fence has termites, the promises were empty, and modern day suburbia wedded bliss has drifted down the storm drain.
It is an instituition that takes two incredible persons with two incredible chemistries. The human being is supposedly the smartest of all animals., but when it comes to screwing up, we sometimes make the most awful mistakes, often duplicated and triplicated. A species that is only about one of three that can mate by desire,,, as the others must have to wait for the other to be in "season". That's science,, so scientifically how correct is it that we should honorably mate for life, never look, never flirt, and ultimately never backslide into the arms of another. Morally those vows are gorgeous, beautiful, wholesome, virtuous, and the list goes on until next week. But humans keep failing the grade!
Especially in these selfish. go-fast, instant result driven times we all exist in, I agree it will only worsen.
Of all the truly happied married couples I have encountered in my life, the percentage overall is probably less than 10%. Just because a couple stays together and never morally failed does not mean happiness is abounding. How many households stay together because he says, half is too much", and she says "half is not enough". Or any number of many sordid and profanely weak answers to support waking up one more day in complete hell,, and trick you and yours through it in order to continue the "white picket fence" dogma.
I wish for everyone to be deeply happy., and never have to face the perils of the dissolution of the hardest of all institutions on this earth to keep healthful., and for now, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!

Answer 4

In the past, not only was it harder to get a divorce, now it is so easy that at the first chance of "oops, something isn't right here" off we go! The idea of a true commitment just isn't as important to some people, and even if it is, people change and use this as an excuse to say "I don't love you anymore so I'm leaving!"

Answer 5

50/50.
people are just so infatuated with others so quickly nowadays.
Also, marriage is very easy in America. A lot of marriages end in divorce because of living together. being bf/gf is just so much fun because they don't have to see each other 24/7 but they move in together and wake up next to each other every morning and some ppl are just tired of that and want soemthing new.

Answer 6

People don't take their marriage vows serious anymore for one, and secondly many marry for all the wrong reasons(that have nothing to do with love).Consider this also, due to inability to commit, when times get tough one partner or the other is ready to bail out rather than work through the hard times. We live in a very self-centered society today where. all many people think about is me, me, me, forgetting that marriage is a partnership.And still marriages break-up b/c, one mate discovers (a bit too late) that they really do not know their partner. Oftentimes during the dating process a you only get it see your partners' 'representative'( who they want you to believe they are).It's not until you say "I DO" that you get to see the real person.

Answer 7

I think it used to be lower because there was a greater stigma attached to being divorced and therefore people were more inclined to work out their problems. IMHO, people give up too easily these days and people are less likely to tolerate abuse from a spouse be it alcohol, infidelity or physical.

Answer 8

People don't live up to their commitments. Too many have become selfish, putting self before the one they vowed to love. People are getting sleazy and trashy, treating sex like a recreational sport. And when you point it out to them, they call the one pointing out the problem a jerk. Too many will not take responsibility for their sleazy and slutty behavior. It's not the end of Western Civilization, but we can see it from here.

Answer 9

Fear. Not keeping your business in your house. Family members. Jealous friends. Not being satisfied at home mentally and physically. But the number one reason I think of is NO COMMUNICATION!!!!!!! ( I am divorced and I thought that once I got married that it would be like magic. We would be happy and together forever. But didn't realize that we had to work hard together as a unit,as one.) Once you are married its US.........Not YOU and ME....But US....

Answer 10

Today people marry for lust. After that is gone, so is the marriage.
Back in the old days, it was something you didn't do.
You worked out any problems, and divorce didn't enter the picture.

Answer 11

I think the reason is that ppl dont really get to know the person before they get married to them . Then they find out something they dont like and they are ready to jump to divorce court . Just my theory though . good luck and god bless.