Here are a few facts that might be interesting:
63% of people who have a marriage that had some infidelity saved their marriage
72% of people who are married are still with their first husband and the 38% are not all necessarily divorced; some could be widows.
There are ways to divorce-proof your marriage.
1) Don't cohabitate before you get married. Those people have a 75% chance of getting a divorce shortly after being married.
2) Don't delay marriage. The average age for people to get married are men, 28, and women, 26. For LDS members its men, 26, and women, 24. Ever wonder why people stayed married for so long and married young.... correlation. Imagine that. Delaying marriage to "make sure" actually isn't better. Its like emotionally cohabiting.
3) Stop being selfish. Seriously, stop it. The reason marriages aren't working out nowadays is because people are looking for self-gratification. Why do you think that churches teach about serving others? Because that is the way to happiness. But now people are all like, "I'm not happy 24/7, obviously this isn't working... Imma go." Stop it. Marriage takes work and it is the best thing in the world if you put in enough to stop being the "natural man" and try to be genuinely Christ-like.
YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Seriously, marriages were created to make life on Earth enjoyable and work and stabilize civilization and cultures. Its possible. We just need to be a little more old-school.
63% of people who have a marriage that had some infidelity saved their marriage
72% of people who are married are still with their first husband and the 38% are not all necessarily divorced; some could be widows.
There are ways to divorce-proof your marriage.
1) Don't cohabitate before you get married. Those people have a 75% chance of getting a divorce shortly after being married.
2) Don't delay marriage. The average age for people to get married are men, 28, and women, 26. For LDS members its men, 26, and women, 24. Ever wonder why people stayed married for so long and married young.... correlation. Imagine that. Delaying marriage to "make sure" actually isn't better. Its like emotionally cohabiting.
3) Stop being selfish. Seriously, stop it. The reason marriages aren't working out nowadays is because people are looking for self-gratification. Why do you think that churches teach about serving others? Because that is the way to happiness. But now people are all like, "I'm not happy 24/7, obviously this isn't working... Imma go." Stop it. Marriage takes work and it is the best thing in the world if you put in enough to stop being the "natural man" and try to be genuinely Christ-like.
YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Seriously, marriages were created to make life on Earth enjoyable and work and stabilize civilization and cultures. Its possible. We just need to be a little more old-school.