Even with the best online divorce services, divorce can be a difficult process. That’s why it’s important to understand the signs of divorce and some common causes of divorce.
Understanding why marriages fail can help you to make your own union stronger if you are married, it can guide you in making choices about entering into a marriage and it can help you support the married couples in your life.
Forbes Advisor commissioned a survey of 1,000 Americans who are divorced or who are in the process of divorcing to discover why marriages fail. Based on this data, here are some of the most likely reasons marriages come to an end.
- The majority of divorces are initiated by only one party, with only 27% of respondents indicating the decision to end the marriage was mutual.
- Most divorces happen between year three and year seven of marriage.
- Just 4% of couples divorce after 10 years of marriage.
- Most divorced people—92%—know others who have been divorced
- 63% of divorcees believe a better understanding of the commitments of marriage could have helped them to avoid divorce
- Lack of compatibility is the top reason for new couples to divorce, with 59% of couples who divorced in their first year citing this cause
