I think many
who stay married for a long time also possess traits that other's don't have.
So many
couples stay married longer than they should because they fear that they can't afford a divorce.
The couple married for 62 years didn't
stay married because of the absence of conflict, or their enthusiastic sex life, or their good luck.
Staying married in such a state is actually worse for kids than if you actually got divorced.
Why would a woman want to be married and
stay married if that's how she can be treated?
About half of all marriages end in divorce, and of couples who
do stay married, only half consider themselves happy.
If your spouse beats you and your kids, you have to
stay married as long as he / she doesn't cheat.
A legal separation might work well if you want to
stay married forever, you just don't want to live together.
We also exist to decrease the divorce rate by helping married couples
stay married through biblical and practical wisdom.
Sometimes I've been instrumental in helping couples
stay married when perhaps they'd have been happier if they'd gotten divorced.
But people who get and
stay married also differ on key factors that influence income.
A new book explores how marriage has changed in recent years, and why that's
made staying married harder.
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why stay married?
Divorce was not socially acceptable back then, so it is not really fair to go that far back because there were probably some very unhappy couples that
stayed married despite their misery.
Using these measures we were able to look at
how staying married or getting a divorce changed the emotional and psychological well - being of unhappy spouses.
We know that the benefit accrued to
staying married provides a whole series of benefits only one of which is a 15 % increase in longevity.
Staying married prevented these couples from experiencing the financial devastation that often accompanies divorce, and it was also a win for children, other family members and friends.
There are many straight spouses who
stay married rather than get divorced, especially when the man in the relationship is gay, and not the woman a lesbian.
To a large degree, and I'm specifically staying away from the legal questions, it will depend on whether your
brother stays married and in the home.
[20] The results tell us about how divorce or
staying married changed levels of well - being for unhappy spouses, controlling for initial levels of emotional and psychological well - being.
Yes, you might lose both in a divorce, but
staying married beats any individual strategy for protecting your future financial well - being.
At the six - year follow up, couples that had
stayed married turned towards one another 86 % of the time.
For men,
staying married results in higher lifetime incomes, better relationships with their adult children and longer life expectancy overall.
Mediation to
stay married teaches couples long term conflict resolution skills applicable for any conflict, in any situation, at any point in time.
I worry about the message that now that life expectancy is extending, it's simply unrealistic for most of us to
stay married over the long - run.