Divorce Statistics: Should You Get Married Again ? Maybe Not.

According to the US Census Bureau, the divorce rate goes up when people marry for a second or third time.

  • 41 percent of first marriages end in divorce.
  • 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce.
  • 73 percent of third marriages end in divorce.

Interestingly, some years ago, I counseled a couple who had married and remarried each other, (the same person), a total of seven or eight times.  This, as you might expect, is very […]