The Seven-Year Itch Really Does End Marriages
A new report from the Census department shows that while divorces are actually declining in the U.S. at long last, people who reach the 7th year of marriage have a 50/50 chance that this will be the year that ends their marriage. People tend to separate at this milestone and divorce a year later. Marriages that make it through this time period tend to last.
That ties into what I saw when I was practicing matrimonial law. Nearly all of my clients had been married less than 8 or 9 years.
The report also said that the decline in the divorce is linked to the fact that people are waiting longer to get married. Many couples cohabitate first and the average age at first marriage is increasing. People are finishing their educations, getting jobs, and testing out the relationship waters before taking the plunge into marriage, and it’s working.