Get Divorced, Be Happy: How becoming single turned out to be my happily ever after

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You can read more about the driving forces of family change in Stevenson, B., & Wolfers, J. (2007). Marriage and divorce: Changes and their driving forces. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21(2), 27-52. Online here. You can still request a divorce/dissolution if you and your spouse/civil partner are living together, but you have to be able to show the court that you were living separately for this time. You might have heard the popularised claim that "half of marriages end in divorce". We can see here where that claim might come from – it was once true: 48% of American couples that married in the 1970s were divorced within 25 years.

In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, the rate fell sharply. In the 1930s marriages became again more common and in 1946 – the year after the Second World War ended – marriages reached a peak of 16.4 marriages per 1,000 people.

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When someone is going through a divorce, you can offer your support and understanding to them. You can tell them that there are positive experiences waiting for them on the other side of divorce. Inner peace can only be reached when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is the letting go of the past and is, therefore, the means of correcting our misperceptions.”– Gerald G. Jampolsky

In Bangladesh and several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the average age at marriage is low and has remained unchanged for several years. In Niger, where child marriage is common, the average age at marriage for women has remained constant, at 17 years, since the early 1990s. (NB. You find child marriage data in our interactive chart here ). You might not be able to control all the events that happen to you, but you can choose to not be reduced by them.”– Maya Angelou I fell in love with another man, and didn’t want to have an affair, so I left my husband. It didn’t work out with the other man and I have bitterly regretted it ever since (over 10 years ago now). I have never found anyone I loved nearly as much as my ex-husband; it taught me the grass is definitely not greener on the other side. I realise now we had a brilliant (not perfect, but brilliant) marriage Understanding the impact of divorce may seem daunting, but after couples counseling , if you realize that divorce is right for you, divorce quotes can help you out. I became unexpectedly separated ten months ago and I was looking for a book that was positive in tone and that would fill me with hope and appreciation for the things I've gained. This book tried really hard to be it but it didn't quite get there for me.

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Like a best mate in a book to guide you through hell – and out the other side via belly laughs, firefighters and finding joy in a new way of living” ― Helen Russell. It always gets worse before it can get better. But it will get better. Like everything else, and like our past struggles, at some point, we win, but before that win, there’s always that loss that spurs us on.”— Dolores Huerta Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.”— Sonia Sotomayor This is also true for marriages in the UK. This chart shows the cumulative share of marriages that ended in divorce: each line represents the year in which couples were married. A useful way to compare different age cohorts is by the steepness of the line: steeper lines indicate a faster accumulation of divorces year-on-year, particularly in the earlier stages of marriages. My ex-husband of over 30 years started acting differently. He was behaving as if he didn’t want to be with me, arguing with me and our son all the time. Finally, I left him and then I filed for divorce. Only then did I discover he’d been seeing his first wife.