Correlation between cost of wedding and divorce rates

[Anonymous]

Couples who spend over 20k are 1.6x more likely to divorce.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/living/wedding-expenses-study/

[Anonymous]

Doesn't surprise me.

Some people are more interested in having a big party to announce/show that they're married, rather than go into a loving union with someone.

I think it's possible to do both, but I agree with the correlation. A lot of people get married without having their priorities in order.

[Anonymous]

People actually studied this bullshit?

And I don't think it is "More likely" to divorce.

It should be people who spend over 20k divorced 1.6 more times. It doesn't meant it'll happen to you. It is a dumb statistic.

[Anonymous]

BREAKING NEWS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People actually studied this bullshit?

And I don't think it is "More likely" to divorce.

It should be people who spend over 20k divorced 1.6 more times. It doesn't meant it'll happen to you. It is a dumb statistic.

^^ someone who spent over 20k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People actually studied this bullshit?

And I don't think it is "More likely" to divorce.

It should be people who spend over 20k divorced 1.6 more times. It doesn't meant it'll happen to you. It is a dumb statistic.

^^ someone who spent over 20k

Never married.

Nice try though.

[Anonymous]

Seems kind of skewed to be comparing people who got married 20 years ago and spent that much and people who got married yesterday and spent that much.

It's funny that they found larger guest lists correlated to lower rates of divorce. "Invite these people, but don't spend much on them."

My sense is that the large guest list/low amount spend correlates to certain religions that also tend to put a stigma on divorce. Good ol' punch and cake weddings.

[Anonymous]

Well, we only spent about $3K and our marriage lasted 22 years before divorce. What do the experts have to say about that?

Maybe if we spent more, my misery would have ended sooner, lol.

[Anonymous]

This is useless without having any reasons why. My theory would be that a lot of these big expensive weddings are first weddings of young couples primarily paid for by the bride's parents and there was a higher divorce rate because the couples were younger.

[Anonymous]

Wealthier people are also more able to afford divorce. If you have only a couple of thousand to scrape together for the biggest ceremonial lifetime event you're likely to have, then consider what resources would be available to try to divide into two separate households.

[Anonymous]

Good luck getting married for less than 20k. At least not if you want a traditional (read: not lavish, but has the cake, white dress, dancing and booze) wedding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People actually studied this bullshit?

And I don't think it is "More likely" to divorce.

It should be people who spend over 20k divorced 1.6 more times. It doesn't meant it'll happen to you. It is a dumb statistic.

^^ someone who spent over 20k

Never married.

Nice try though.

bitter about being single? you seem weirdly angry about this post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People actually studied this bullshit?

And I don't think it is "More likely" to divorce.

It should be people who spend over 20k divorced 1.6 more times. It doesn't meant it'll happen to you. It is a dumb statistic.

^^ someone who spent over 20k

Never married.

Nice try though.

bitter about being single? you seem weirdly angry about this post.

Not angry at all. Sorry you take my response as "angry".

Not single either.

I just don't like statistics that really have zero meaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wealthier people are also more able to afford divorce. If you have only a couple of thousand to scrape together for the biggest ceremonial lifetime event you're likely to have, then consider what resources would be available to try to divide into two separate households.

And yet wealthier people are less likely to divorce. I'm not sure that's the answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is useless without having any reasons why. My theory would be that a lot of these big expensive weddings are first weddings of young couples primarily paid for by the bride's parents and there was a higher divorce rate because the couples were younger.

Agree. I bet the age/naivety of the couples has a lot to do with it (couples who marry younger are statistically more likely to divorce). You rarely see older couples having big lavish weddings.