There was a discussion about this on another strip just a few days ago, and I looked up the statistics. It’s a myth that half of all marriages end in divorce. The real number is closer to a third, 37.5% to be exact. The way grandma looks at it, that means that 62.5% of marriages last “til death do us part”.
Just becauze it doesn’t end in divorce doesn’t mean it’s happy and successful. This ignores the marriages that end up as two people hating each other and playing petty tricks on each other but never getting up the nerve to face the social stigma of divorce.
Funny… almost everybody I know has divorced at least once, my parents, grandparents, and a couple good friends of mine being the exceptions. OTOH I know quite a few people who never married but have been together for decades.
mccollunsky about 1 month ago
Forget Google Translate we have Rose Translate.
Macushlalondra about 1 month ago
She’s a glass half full person.
Purple People Eater about 1 month ago
There was a discussion about this on another strip just a few days ago, and I looked up the statistics. It’s a myth that half of all marriages end in divorce. The real number is closer to a third, 37.5% to be exact. The way grandma looks at it, that means that 62.5% of marriages last “til death do us part”.
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 1 month ago
One third of the people have two thirds of the divorces.
E.Z. Smith Premium Member about 1 month ago
…and the other half end in death.
Mountain Meg about 1 month ago
She left out “… and end with the death of the person you hold dearest.”
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member about 1 month ago
Just becauze it doesn’t end in divorce doesn’t mean it’s happy and successful. This ignores the marriages that end up as two people hating each other and playing petty tricks on each other but never getting up the nerve to face the social stigma of divorce.
vacman about 1 month ago
There is a difference between being married and being happily married!
gigagrouch about 1 month ago
Marriage: the single leading cause of divorce.
poppacapsmokeblower about 1 month ago
It takes two (whoevers) to make one marriage, but with one divorce you get two divorcees.
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 1 month ago
“… and will end in death.”
Am I doing it right?
Cozmik Cowboy about 1 month ago
All wedding are tragedies; 100% of marriages end in either death or divorce.
Side note: Yes, I was taught how to spell that last word by the late, great Tammy Wynette.
ncorgbl about 1 month ago
The eternal question of optimism or pessimism. We always seem to do better when we are optimistic.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 1 month ago
How many of the people commenting about death and divorce etc. would say that to a child? Because that is Mary’s target audience, not you.
InquireWithin about 1 month ago
Funny… almost everybody I know has divorced at least once, my parents, grandparents, and a couple good friends of mine being the exceptions. OTOH I know quite a few people who never married but have been together for decades.
Dani Rice about 1 month ago
Don’t marry somebody you think you can live with. Marry somebody you know you can’t live without.
FireAnt_Hater about 1 month ago
A marriage can endure without the married being happy. Of course divorce does not carry the stigma it once did…
Strawberry King about 1 month ago
The way Grandma explains it sounds nice.