Divorcing or Not

 

One of the issues that has always bothered me about Hollywood Stars is how many marriages, ON AVERAGE, they have.  While there is no definitive and they may not have any more marriages, ON AVERAGE, that the rest of Americans have, it is PERCEIVED by me as more.  No doubt, there is a handful of celebrities that marry and divorce a lot that gives Hollywood its bad reputation.  However, it is still something that I cannot get off my mind.

I have friends that have been married 2-3 times, only 2 times, and only once, but none of that matters with what the data shows which is there is and has been a 50% divorce rate in the US for several years.  

My sister has been married twice, I have been married twice, my daughter divorced once, and my brother married only once, but again that is data from just one subset or one family of Americans.

My first marriage lasted 23 years, my second marriage (is still ongoing) and have lasted 32 years.

My first marriage had me in the Navy for two years, using the GI Bill for college, and going through the birth of my daughter, affairs, along with a divorce.

My second marriage went through the death of her 21-year-old son, the incarceration of her other son, me becoming unemployed several times, my heart attack and cancer diagnosis, her hip replacement and arthritis, being scammed of money, and our retirement.

More trauma/drama in my second marriage than in my first, and yet, we have weathered all those storms and no divorce.

It is difficult to say why some people get a divorce while others don't but let it be known by someone who has been there, staying together is not as difficult as getting a divorce.