Are relationships really that miserable?

[SinglePonders]

Some time ago my friend and I were talking, she asked me about dating (never worked out for me, she knows) and I said same old, same old, I don’t think it’s going to happen to me.

And she said, and it’s not the first time, that relationships aren’t often so great, many are together just for money and out of fear of being alone, settling to have kids etc.

And I’ve seen and heard these kind of comments before, quite a few have said here.
Is it true?

If so many (I’m sure it’s not all) relationships are unhappy / not so good, why is it still such selling point? Why do most people want to be in a relationship? Try many times again and again?
Why are single people, more so women, still shamed then for being single, even if they’d like a relationship?
Shouldn’t we be more honest?

@something2say i dont think you can judge an entire relationship based on few minutes long interaction on a street. People have their bad days, doesn't mean they're always like this

But I agree with the rest of the post - times are changing - already studies show men from younger generations are more active partners and fathers than their fathers :)

I read somewhere, the stats are that of couples who marry, 50% get divorced, 25% are unhappy but can't face getting a divorce and the remaining 25% are quite happy/ content.

So I think that means @SinglePonders that you'd have a 1 in 4 chance of being happy/content. Interesting statistic.

Actually for first marriages only 35% get divorced. It’s divorce rate is 60% for second marriage, 75% third marriage. So it’s just the people who get married multiple times who ruin the stats. How do you know 25% are unhappy? Do you have a source to your made up stats? This just screams of unhappily single people trying to cope.