When I look at my friends/acquaintances I notice quite a strange trend.
The couples who live together for 7+ years who then decided to marry - all of them ended up divorced (this is about 8 couples) .The ones that lived the longest together before they married (12 years), divorced the quickest after marrying - only 2 years after marriage. The only ones left married are the ones who either lived together for about a year or never lived together before marrying.
Another thing I noticed is a friend who lived with his girlfriend for 8 years and then split up (because he didn't believe in marriage or kids), then met another girl and within a year married her and five years on they have three kids! This happened to another guy who was with his girlfriend 11 years - they split, he then meets 'the one' and then suddenly he is married with kids. It also happened to my friend (who was the dumped girlfriend).
The oddest one is my best friend, who married a man after only knowing him 8 weeks, they have been married 20 years already and still so happy (and with 5 kids!).
I really wonder if there is a logical reason to the observation, because it stumps me. Logically the longer you live with someone before you marry the more you know them! Has anyone else noticed this trend or is it just a freak coincidence with my set of friends?
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Observation -is it only me that noticed?
margewiththebluehair · 20/06/2016 16:18
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