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The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs. second or third marriage:

In the U.S., the divorce rate for third marriages is estimated to be between 73 and 74
percent, significantly higher than the 41 to 50 percent rate of divorce for first marriages,
and higher than the 60 to 67 percent divorce rate for second marriages. Some
estimate third marriages crumble at a rate higher than 80 percent.
www.wevorce.com/blog/marriage-multiplicity-third-time-charm/

The divorce rate in America for childless couples and couples with children:

Childless and Childfree Marriages and Divorce
Most observers believe that many marital failures have what is termed “masked breakdowns” where the
couple keeps up a front “for the sake of the children.”

Some 27 percent of divorces involve no children, but only 9 percent of marriages are childless. Childless
marriages always appear more prone to breakdown, especially if failure results from of a lack of desire
for children. This may reflect the temperament of childless couples and the unwillingness of a
responsible couple to have children when they feel their marriage buckling. Absent children, however,
there less need to stay together.

Couples without children divorce more often than couples that have at least one child, according to
researchers, despite numerous studies that marital happiness nosedives in the first year or two after the
birth of a child and sometimes never quite recoups. Childless and Childfree Marriages and Divorce | Divorce
Source

What Do We Know So Far?

Well, we have been told that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. In other words, a
man’s and a woman’s thinking and communication patterns are like those of two people who are
from different planets – they are like two people who speak different languages. It’s like if
someone who speaks German and someone who speaks English tried to live together. It would not
go well unless each person were to learn and understand each other’s language and culture.

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