speaking of soulmates, did we all read this article in the nyt this weekend re: divorce rates?
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"The reason for these shifts, some experts say, is that many couples
today are delaying marriage. And age matters. People who marry after
age 25 are less likely to divorce than those who marry earlier,
studies find. Men and women born in the 1930s who married in the 1950s
have the highest marriage rate of any generation � about 96 percent
married. But among more recent generations, the number has dropped to
about 90 percent. The data suggest that the weakest relationships,
which years ago might have resulted in a marriage followed by a
divorce, are now ending before the couple ever heads to the altar."
"Some of the same social changes that have unsettled traditional 1950s-
era marriages have seemingly deepened them in the 1990s and 2000s.
Today women are contributing more financially to relationships than
earlier generations, and men are contributing more to the domestic
duties. Compared with earlier generations, men and women today are
more likely to marry someone like themselves, with a similar
educational background, experts say. **The relationship is less about
dividing economic and domestic duties and more about shared interests
and mutual happiness.**
�It might be that those types of matches, people who are more kindred
spirits, are more able to weather a small storm,� Dr. Stevenson said.
�You just have so much in common, you have so much invested together.
A blip is just that, a blip, and it becomes easier to get over.�"
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