Why are divorce rates so high nowadays compared to before?

People dont understand or believe in marriage vows anymore. Most dont even know what love means and marry thinking theyre in love when theyre in love with what feels good not the reality of what love & marriage demands.

In my opinion its because people get married to fast. I keep hearing people getting engaged and married after a year or two of dating. That is no where near long enough. People also haven't been taught that marriage is work. It doesn't come easy or naturally. People assume that it's all sunshine and roses and it is NOT. Its work on the part of both people to make it work and without communication and compromise it will never work. Maybe they should teach that in school before trig.

Before what one wonders. Divorce rates in the US are falling (which is to be expected as marriage rates are falling too).

Social Media/ Online Dating- More options basically.

Could you define "before?" Before today? Before last week?

Divorce rates in MY State are actually dropping. Fewer people marry and if they break up, a divorce is not involved.

Do your research.

Nowadays, about 2/3 of all divorces are initiated by women. In the old days women were stigmatized if they divorced. They were considered failures. So women did not want divorces. Also if they divorced they didn't have a means of gaining financial security.

Today women are better educated than men. Women have better jobs. They don't need the men to protect them financially.

In the old days, people believed they needed to hold the marriage together for the children's benefit. Today married couples have fewer children, and women have a better means of supporting their children.

Hence, it makes more sense to divorce than to stick with a bad marriage.

Before what?

Before what? You didn't say.

People end up in divorce court because they wait too long to find solutions to the problems in their marriage.homewreckers on the rise,internet dont help///Couples Don't Know how to Fight Fair:My Way or The Highway" Mentality:Declining Morals and Skewed Beliefs:Very few marriages recover from infidelity. Looking outside the marriage to solve problems only adds more problems to the marriage. Marital Expectations Are Childish:We marry expecting someone else to make us happy, instead of creating our own happiness. had no idea how much work it takes to make a marriage work. My best advice is to not wait until it's too late and resentment sets in or adultery takes place.

Lots of reasons: 1) Divorce is socially acceptable now. It was considered shameful, a family disgrace and/or sinful back in the 1950s and earlier; 2) Woman can now earn enough to support themselves and their family, which was not the case back in the mid-20th century; 3) Women are no longer (in most cases) willing to put up a physically abusive husband. There are women's shelters that provide them with a safe place to stay with their children while they get their lives together; 4) Women are no longer considered damaged good just because they are divorced. They can and do often remarry or find another partner; 5) Parents are no longer willing to stay together "for the sake of the children." They can share custody of their children if they are both willing to do that; and 6) There are lots of other single and divorced people out there and it's easier than ever to meet them.