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The Secret To A Long Marriage
Three Magic Words…
“Lets Order In”
Martha Sturtz, a retired school
teacher from Mexico, N.Y., wrote
that the secret to her 34 years of
marriage was communication, and
being each other‘s best friend. She
added that there were also three
important words.
Of course knowing the three words
any women loves to hear helps, she
wrote. Not ‚ I love you, but ‚ Let‘s
eat out or, Let‘s order in! Wilcox
said one of the primary reasons
marriages are lasting longer is that
people are postponing marriage.
Couples that get married in their
mid-twenties or later than that are
more likely to avoid divorce court,“
kind of growing marriage divide in
American life,“ said Wilcox. More
and more couples are having kids
outside of marriage, and that‘s why
41 percent of kids today are born
outside of marriage. Their kids
are more likely to be exposed to a
carousel of romantic partners and
to suffer as a consequence.“
About one third of adults never
marry. Last year, the median age
for men in their first marriage was
28, and 26 for women. In 1950 the
median age was 23 for men and
20 for women.
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You must put the other person first,
be a good listener, communicate,
start and end the day with a
kiss, don‘t go to bed mad, laugh
a lot, keep up the romance, be
spontaneous, and be quick to
forgive, she wrote.
There is sort of more of a soul
mate model of marriage today. ...
Fifty years ago, this was one of the
things you did when you became a
young adult. You found a boyfriend
or girlfriend and if you were pretty
happy you‘d go ahead and get
married, said Wilcox. „Today the
bar for marriage is much higher
because people want a soul mate,
not just a spouse and a soul mate
should be someone who is capable
of providing you with emotional
fulfillment, an intense relationship
-- and, by the way, a decent bank
account helps.
Americans who don‘t have a
college degree and who are less
affluent, working class and the
poor are seeing increases in
divorce, they are seeing increases
in childbearing, and we‘re seeing a
For women under the age of 45 in
their first marriage, about one in
ten are in an interracial marriage.
Rome - 18 years
According to the Economist,
couples in Italy stay together longer
than any other country evaluated.
New York City - 12.2 Years
While the national length of marriage
in the United States is about 8.2
years, New Yorkers actually stick it
out longer and average about 12.2
years. Surprisingly, however, is that
the mythic 50% national divorce
rate has turned out to be just that,
a myth. At a 41% divorce rate,
Americans are choosing to stay
together.
Mexico City - 12 Years
However, recent studies have
shown that most couples are
breaking up within two years of
matrimony. To remedy this, many
Mexican lawmakers suggested
temporary marriage licenses in so
couples have an easier time with
their likely divorce.
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