Six Stats on How and Why People Get Divorced

In an article first published by the Huffington Post, divorce has become such an epidemic world wide that recently a law firm in England surveyed 1,000 divorced couples to come up with the following stats on exactly how and why people get divorced.

1.  The average person spends 24 months and 12 days thinking about getting divorced before they pull the trigger.  They also spend 18 of those 24 months really trying to fix their marriage.

2.  The top reason for divorces is cheating.  The rest of the top five reasons include unhappiness, too much arguing, falling out of love and not communicating anymore.

3.  5% of people still wear their wedding ring after their divorce.

4.  The average divorce costs $8,800.

5.  77% of people say their divorce impacted their children.

6.  More than half of divorces are amicable.  53% of people say their divorce wasn't bitter and 45% are still friends with their ex.  31% have zero contact with their ex.