Where are all the divorcees?

[Yourcatisnotsorry]

So apparently half of all marriages end in divorce in the UK. And average divorce duration is 12 years into a marriage.

In my (large) extended family we have 2 divorces in around 50 marriages. I have one close friend who divorced a few years ago and one school mum out of all the school families we know which is about 180 kids though I don’t know if the current parents couples are ok second marriages etc.

I’ve known a few colleagues go through divorce over the years but just a small handful (appreciate not everyone talks about it).

I’m mid 40s so it’s not like I’m too young to go through the friend divorce cycle boom.

Are the stats wrong? Do I have a weird social circle? Are people having secret divorces?

yanbu - divorcing is rare now
yabu - loads of divorced people about

I have three good friends, all of whom are now divorced or are divorcing after twenty odd years of being with their partner and two divorced / divorcing after ten years. I am also mid divorce after 25 years. We are all around 50 - 55. Maybe you haven't yet hit that age.