Why does it seem like everyone is divorced in the US?

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1. I’ve never been divorced OP

2. As opposed to who? It’s not really a stigma here, and is fairly easy for parties to seperate.

3. Poor sample size.

4. Because half of all marriages in the US end in divorce.

5. Because that’s how marriages tend to end. It often seems that there are those who are divorced, those who are not yet divorced, and those who have yet to marry.

6. Sampling bias.

7. Do you think that’s bad?

8. Why does every successful relationship have to end in death?

9. My kids aren’t divorced yet.

10. As opposed to where? The divorce rate in the US is roughly comparable to that of Sweden or Denmark.

11. Idk. But I’m glad people can leave unhappy marriages.

12. Divorce is very culturally accepted in the US.

13. There’s literally only one other way for a marriage to end, so….

14. Less social stigma about divorce nowadays. Back in the day you just didn’t divorce your spouse, it was taboo and socially looked down upon especially if you were a woman. My maternal grandparents divorced in the early 70s and my mom talked about how it was a bit ostracizing for her at school being a child of divorced parents. But nowadays thanks to a lot of progressive movements it’s not really looked down upon anymore and the choice to leave is seen as much healthier mentally and emotionally since sucking it up and staying with a partner till “death do us part” isn’t really so much.

15. I’m not divorced. But I’m also not married so I guess that doesn’t mean anything.

16. Marriages only get to legally end in two ways.

    Either they divorce and they can tell you about it,
    or they die – and they tend not to talk about it then.

17. Not everyone is divorced, but we do have a high divorce rate. The second our society turned marriage into a buiseness divorce also became one. Right along that a number of major population hubs have incentives to get divorced. This might not be intentional but it happened. Why bother working on a long term marriage when you can get money for being divorced?

18. I know a lot of people that have never been divorced

    I also know a lot who are

19. Confirmation bias—yours.

20. Because marriage is fucking horrible and humans aren’t meant to be monogamous.

21. There is lesser social stigma, and women are economically more independent, hence there are no restrictions that would force people to stay together even if things are falling apart.

    People don’t stay in a marriage because of “what will the neighbors think” or “the husband is the breadwinner and the wife will be out on streets without him.”