Divorce No Ticket to Happiness, Study Says
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Unhappily married couples often get lots of advice and a report released on Thursday offered some more: don’t divorce, stick it out.
Researchers from the University of Chicago and other schools concluded that about the same proportion of couples who avoided divorcing despite an unhappy marriage ended up happy five years later as those who had split up.
Cohabiting can make marriage an iffy proposition
Even married, men may still feel less committed
An expert addressing a “Smart Marriages” conference this week will drop research on his colleagues that may indeed make some Americans smart.
Researcher Scott Stanley’s case is this: Women living unmarried with guys and expecting a lasting, committed marriage down the line had better review their options. His research finds that men who cohabit with the women they eventually marry are less committed to the union than men who never lived with their spouses ahead of time.