No I know is divorced

[glitchycoffee]

Getting divorced - very good reasons

Married for 7 years

I don't know anyone at all who is divorced from my friends - and I'm late 30s. Is that unusual or am I the unusual one?

Obviously title should read no one I know ...

I got divorced at 32 it's more common than you think

I got divorced at 22...

But I don't tell many people.

It's far more common than you think. When I was with my DH I
was in a social circle with my friends, all happily married.

Once I left DH and embarked on single life I seemed to lose all
my couple friends and now when I think about it, my close friends now
are all seperated/divorced.

So no, you're not unusual.....at all.

"The number of divorces in 2013 was highest among men and women aged 40 to 44"
"At younger ages there were more women than men divorcing; however, at older ages there were more men than women divorcing. This pattern reflects the differences seen in age at marriage of men and women; the most recent marriages statistics available show that the provisional mean age for men marrying in 2012 was 36.5 years compared with 34.0 for women. In 2012, the number of divorces was highest among men and women aged 40 to 44"

From the ONS (2013).

I know two people who were seperated/divorced by their mid 20s (I'm now late 20s). But none of my close friends are because none of them are married yet. I don't imagine they will be divorced by the time I'm in my late 30s...but again that's because I don't imagine many of them will have even been married by then.

I only knew one couple divorced from my wide circle of friends who were divorced - until last year. Now there are three more couples splitting up. I am 43.

Two good friends of mine were married at 25 and divorced by 27, making happy escapes from a cheater and a narcissist respectively.

I don't know many others who are divorced, mostly because my circle of friends doesn't seem to get married much.

Everyone in dh family is married/getting married except for one relative who has separated after he had an affair, I don't have family so in my longest term friends, one is divorced after she had an affair , one is married, another is divorced after he had an affair and one is married for the third time. All parties are aged mid 40's with one late fifties.

I am in a similar position op, but older.

Just wait, there will be loads, don't pretty much half of marriages end in divorce?

I got divorced at 31 and held a massive party to celebrate.
Apparently he missed the part of the wedding vows where he keeps he cock to himself

I'm not ashamed I fought hard for my marriage and when I realised he wasn't fighting too I divorced him age had nothing to do with it.

I split from ExH at 41 and took an age to get divorced.
Finally did 5 years later.
2 sisters divorced by mid 20's!
Don't compare yourself.
Do what is right for YOU1

I divorced at 35 and only had one friend who was also divorced, she got divorced at 33. I'm 42 now and and still only have the same friend who has been through it (we have both re-married though).

I have been wondering for a while out of the rest of my friends / family who will be next so to speak. if you think 50/60% of marriages fail, i'm shocked that so far only one person i know well has divorced.

Just doing a quick think about all the people in my team at work ( 5 guys aged between 27-45ish and 12 women between the ages of 23-55) and there is only me and another guy who have been divorced (that i know of)!

A lot of people i know are single or happily co-habiting with no urgency to get married.

I only know two people who are divorced, one divorced in their late twenties, the other mid thirties.

I am considering divorce and do feel like I would be a rarity around these parts as everyone seems to be happily married here, although appearances can be deceptive (they probably think I’m happily married).

Amongst my friends who are all roughly my age I know 3 divorced. 2 were late twenties possibly 30, both after relatively early marriages. The other was late 30s after a short marriage but long relationship. Most of the rest are married or in relationships but a few are single. I'm 41.