A Long Commute To Work Equals Possible Divorce

Do you have a lengthy commute to work each day?  Say, Coushatta to North Shreveport or maybe Springhill to Bossier City?  You might want to think about moving a little closer to the job or start thinking about what you'd like to keep after the divorce.

Hard to believe but apparently when you add a few extra minutes to your average work commute it means you're a lot more likely to hear the gavel of the divorce court judge.

Based on the findings of a new ten-year study of married couples from 1995 to 2005, long commutes are strongly tied to divorce.  Researchers found that if one of the people in a marriage had a commute of 45 minutes or more, they were 40% more likely to wind up divorced.  Especially if it was the husband who was making the longer commute.

Also, the couples were most likely to get divorced within the first five years of their marriage.  After five years, the marriage was more likely to survive the drive.

Read more on the findings of this research piece at Huffington Post.