Amazing Facts about Marriage

Guess how much time the average American couple spends alone together each day… how about four minutes! That’s just one of the facts about marriage below you might find hard to believe. Here’s something else that’s interesting, you can dramatically change your marriage for the better if you and your husband will commit to spending 15 minutes of one-on-one time every day.

1. Due to jobs, kids, TV, the Internet, hobbies, and home and family responsibilities, the average married couple spends just four minutes a day alone together.

2. Over 75% of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce.

3. Marrying younger than age 25 dramatically raises the divorce risk. Also, the divorce risk is higher when the woman is much older than the man, though the reverse isn’t as strong of a factor.

4. The probability of a first marriage ending in a divorce within 5 years is 20%, but the probability of a premarital cohabitation breaking up within 5 years is 49%. After 10 years, the probability of a first marriage ending is 33%, compared with 62% for cohabitations.

5. Approximately $6 billion in revenue is lost by American businesses as a result of decreased worker productivity linked to marriage hardship. Employees in a happy marriage, in contrast, tend to increase a company’s bottom line.

6. Marriage does more to promote life satisfaction than money, sex, or even children, say Wake Forest University psychologists.

7. More than friendship, laughter, forgiveness, compatibility, and sex, spouses name trust as the element crucial for a happy marriage

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