Calculate the Odds You’ll Get Divorced
Posted by Kelly Mills at 8:15 AM on December 2, 2008
As the resident divorcing parent-blogger, I see a story with "divorce in it and I get all interested. Add "calculator" to that and I'm reading further, because I love a little online gadget that tells you something good. So hey, are you wondering if your marriage is forever, or if it will end in divorce? The rate of divorce is dropping, and within different demographics the chances are better or worse that you'll end up in Splitsville. In fact, you could have much better than the quoted 50-50 odds of success.
Only one way to find out: The Marriage Calculator. Its not quite as exciting as it sounds, because it gives you the rate of divorce among your education level, duration of marriage, and marital time period. I was hoping for something where you plugged in common grievances or something and got your odds of success, but I guess that's called a marriage counselor.
Anyhow, go here and see if people with your background are breaking up like crazy, or if their marriages are rock-solid. Then pretend that it means something for your own. At least you can see if you'll have a good dating pool of similar folks to choose from in five years, should your relatonship go under. Ahem.
I was hoping to give the marriage calculator a try, but it’s been down for an hour or so. I guess the traffic must be a bit much for it. I’ll try again later.