The recession has meant less marriages end in divorce

September 9, 2009 – 3:00 pm – No Comment

Another good thing that has come out of the current economy is divorce is down 40%. However, the problems that cause marriages to fail are still there, however, they are now too afraid to divorce their partner due to the current state of the economy. The phenomenon is being called “sleeping with the enemy” by the New York Daily News.

Some though, are being pulled closer together by the recession. From the Source article:

When my and my partner’s real estate investments plummeted, we coped by not talking about it — or to each other. It wasn’t long before we were living like Ernie and Bert. Forget the wing-nuts who claim that gay marriage is causing the recession. The recession nearly caused my gay divorce.

The fact is, the fault lines in my marriage were already there-the economy was just the quake that nearly brought the house down. But like victims of some natural disaster, the crisis has brought us closer together. Being underemployed has given us the time we needed to repair the damage, talking a lot about US and OUR RELATIONSHIP.

The economy could potentially be bringing couples closer together as they try to actually work through their problems rather than just giving up and quitting. It is nice to see the rate of divorce slowing down a bit. I remember in High School when someone would come in and talk to the class about not rushing into marriage because 1 in 2 marriages end in divorce. I’m unsure what those numbers are anymore, but I’m sure that they have decreased somewhat since the recession started.

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