[morsch]

The average marriage in the US lasts 8 years.

[fnordian_slip]

Isn't this (heavily?) influenced by a small amount of people who marry again and again?

[morsch]

Kind of. The median is apparently 19. Still, if a lifelong marriage is winning at life, we're a society of losers.

[fnordian_slip]

That's a big "if" imho. Especially, since there are more than enough instances of unhappy marriages in previous generations. Often people stayed in abusive relationships because divorce was heavily frowned upon.