In March 2017 the Pew Research Center came out with new divorce statistics. At a time when divorce is becoming less common for younger adults, the divorce rate for older adults ages 50 and older (grey divorce) has gone up 109%! That means the divorce rate has almost doubled for older adults since the 1990’s. […]
Every parent looks forward to the day when they kids move out and are living on their own. But, for the first time in modern history, young adults are more likely to be living with their parents than on their own or with a spouse or domestic partner—according to a new census analysis by the […]
Grey divorce is a growing trend. Seniors are now realizing that here is no reason to stay in a long, bad marriage. People live longer today, and the reality is that you might as well enjoy every minute of the time you have! This gives more seniors reasons to get a divorce even after 30 or 50 […]
Cohabiting before marriage may be the “kiss of death”—or divorce. What are the odds that you’d be in this relationship if you weren’t living together? The more you get to know your possible future spouse before you live together, the better chance you have of breaking up with the wrong person and finding the right […]
Even though you continue to read about the rising divorce rate, the divorce surge is over—it is no longer true that the divorce rate is rising, or that half of all marriages end in divorce. Actually, this has been true for some time. Marriages in the United States are stronger than they have ever been. […]
There are many reasons why the marriage rate has dropped drastically in the United States, and one may be the student-loan debt. A person who has graduated from a private university and borrowed money to pay his or her tuition could owe as much as $200,000. After graduating many cannot get a job and have […]