90% of all marriages either end with divorce, separation, or severe dysfunction before the 10 year mark -official U.S. census bureau data.

Women are the first ones to bring up divorce or suggest divorce and they develop what’s called hypergamy.

If you attain a marriage without divorce or separation after 10 years the chance of divorce rises rather the decreases. Being married with someone longer then 10 years doesn’t make it stronger. Close relationships trend towards separations day personal space isolation over time. Someone could be married for over 30 years and live with each that long but they all seem to face towards personal space. Constant connection with someone daily almost 24/7 will spoil the relationship further, that’s why the marriages that survived the 10 years of extreme potential divorce may last a little longer resonating because they spend less time with each other but Maintain a healthy connection.

1 leading cause for divorce is money troubles. But money can not guarantee a successful marriage, it may even make it more toxic. Cause the relationship will still revolve around money.

2 personal problems like mental issues like depression etc or physical problems effecting each other that can harm a healthy connection.

3 is growing apart from each other because what they did have so much in common became distant experiences.

4 Having children is a 50/50 it’s not proven to save a marriage in fact can make it more miserable if the marriage can’t sustain a little common ground and decency. Marriages that does last over 10 years are couples who have more then 1 kid. Couples with 1 kid divorce extremely higher then those with 2 or 3. Having more children becomes a higher priority and takes the focus off each other and puts it towards the children but it can still worsen the status of the marriage. Those with 1 kid can get away with divorce easier because having only 1 kid is easier then 2 or 3. Those who do stay in a marriage is usually for the kids rather then for themselves but after the kid reaches 18 the marriage end almost immediately.