John G
The Living Force
Gateway Pundit posted an article about US marriages lasting longer. Not overly optimistic, but a trend in direction towards more stability.
Number One Sign That America Is Becoming Great Again: Marriage Stability Soars in Latest Analysis
As it turns out, marriages so far this decade show the most stability out of any other decade in modern history except for the 1950s, according to data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Just 15% of marriages started between 2010 and 2012 ended in divorce within their first 10 years.
“If later-year divorce rates look more like the 1960s, then we should see about 40% of these marriages end in divorce,” the Institute for Family Studies said. “But if marriages trend toward further stability, then we see under 40% of first marriages ending in divorce.” That’s still far too high. But it’s better than the recent incredibly dismal conditions surrounding marriage and divorce.
There are a few reasons as to why this is the case.
“Newer marriages have already shown higher stability, and this may be because newer marriages are more selective,” the Institute for Family Studies said. “In the 1980s, 80% of adults married by the age of 30. Between 2000 and 2012, just 64% of adults had married by then. The composition of the married population has changed.” In other words, a smaller share of people are getting married, and when they do get married, they are usually tying the knot at an older age........
Not overly optimistic sounds like a good description but I guess that's slightly better than pessimistic. I've seen a graph recently on Facebook via Marjorie Taylor Greene and others:
