Divorce Rates are NOT What You Think They Are!

FACT #4: Most marriages aren’t just “meh”—they’re actually happy!

Both our studies and all the other studies on satisfaction in marriage that have been done in recent years have found that contrary to popular opinion, most marriages are not “just sort of bumping along.” They’re made up of two people who actually really enjoy being married and enjoy being married to each other.

The average percentage of couples being happy in marriage hovers around 80%. (Our study for our book The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages, which independently surveyed both the husband and the wife, found that 71% percent were both happy, and other studies have found more than 90%!)

Be encouraged! The bottom line is that most marriages not only last for a lifetime—they are happy! And it’s not just the engaged and newlywed couples that need to hear this good news—it’s all couples.

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