Divorce Rates and Risks

Comments focus on high divorce rates, their financial and emotional impacts compared to other risks like unemployment, criticisms of divorce laws, and statistics on marriage dissolution.

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Sample Comments

diminoten Jul 23, 2013 View on HN

People get divorced as often as not!

mahyarm Dec 2, 2014 View on HN

Add a divorce to that, and you get over %50 probably! Divorces are far more financially and emotionally ruinous than this.

cabraca Aug 11, 2019 View on HN

I think OP refers to unjust divorce laws. With over 50% marriages ending in divorce, headlines like [0] make marriage sound like a really bad deal.[0] https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/mar/11/woman-wins-right...

tjalfi Feb 7, 2021 View on HN

Unemployment is (hopefully) temporary - marriage, children, and divorce can permanently change your life.Between 40-50% of US couples divorce[0].Prior marriages substantially increase the chances of divorce[1].41% of first marriages end in divorce.60% of second marriages end in divorce.73% of third marriages end in divorce.I'm not against marriage but it's important to understand what's involved.[0] <a href="https://www.apa.org/topics/divor

user_named Sep 13, 2022 View on HN

There probably should be some friction for getting divorced. Imagine the divorce and re-marrying rate if you could just open your phone settings and toggle divorce/stay. Like unfollowing on Instagram.

jeffbee Apr 3, 2022 View on HN

Divorce seems preferable to a marriage based on Jira.

wgj Apr 3, 2018 View on HN

Divorce surely accounts for some of those.

silentnight Jan 24, 2021 View on HN

considering divorce rates in developed countries i believe they’re wrong

anticensor Feb 22, 2020 View on HN

Divorces leave permanent marks unlike company partnership exits.

jessriedel Nov 16, 2021 View on HN

To expect a better outcome with divorce is to expect a worse outcome without divorce.