alt Hacker News40% first marriages in US end in divorce. Second marriages have 60%. 2/3 initiated by women
You just need to know few people to qualify for "multiple times"
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helterskelter2 • today at 1:56 AM
> 2/3 initiated by women
You say this like 2/3 of divorce is the fault of women, but IME they usually have good reason to do so.
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poilcn • today at 2:54 AM
There is no conspiracy in it
Divorce implies involvement of a government institution and women feel like a fish in water when it comes to bureaucracy, while men avoid it
That's why in same-sex pairs women are twice likely to call cops and file a lawsuit regarding house abuse and men half as often
tenacious_tuna • today at 1:08 AM
It's a large jump from "divorces happen a lot" to "many startup founders have their highschool sweetheart honeypot them for child support"
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This number keeps coming up.
A: It hasn't been true for multiple generations. The # comes from when divorce was first legalized and there was a huge boom in divorces right away.
B: The number of failed marriages is dramatically increased by "frequent fliers" who get divorced multiple times.
College educated adults have a 25% divorce rate.
College education adults only have a 15% chance of their 2nd marriage failing.