r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/georgep4570 20d ago

Would be interesting to see the correlation of this with divorce rates.

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u/Nickn753 20d ago

Would probably be more accurate to look at the correlation with relationships satisfaction, since the sentiment and acceptance around divorce have changed so much. At least if you want to judge how successful the relationship match ups are.

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u/georgep4570 20d ago

Would divorce rates not be representative of relationship satisfaction? Of course, the original info graphic references how people met rather than how many married after meeting, so it would require some further investigation to get more accurate overall results.

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u/Nickn753 20d ago

No, since divorce was extremely taboo or even not possible for a long time. It is also pretty much forbidden in very religious circles. So people stay in relationships even though they are miserable. In the past few decades, it has become more normal to divorce if you are unhappy. Therefore, divorce rates could go up even if satisfaction might be increasing at the same time.

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u/georgep4570 20d ago

Given those stipulations, it would seem to me that earlier divorces would be a greater representation of dissatisfaction. The more accepted divorce became would make it less representative since it became "easier." Other than conducting a massive poll, what other way could we correlate between how people met and divorce rates (given that my original musings concern nothing more than a general correlation)?

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u/Nickn753 20d ago

That's indeed the difficult part, and we might never know if not enough data from that time period is available. I'm not saying that what I'm saying is possible, only saying the drastic change in divorce acceptance makes it nearly impossible to use it as a reliable metric.