Why does it seem a lot of people by the time they are 40 they are divorced?

[Oigit]

A lot of it due to rushing into a relationship, not knowing your self or the person you are marrying. Also not seeing red flags before the marriage or relationship because their heart was way ahead of their mind. Though those are the issues that seem very common to me and the first to pop into my head when reading your question. But there bound to be more and a lot of specific issues in a relationship that causes people to be divorced by 40 or younger.

[someginger]

Well divorce rates are nearly 50% so nearly half of all marriages will end in divorce. Also people change over the years, think about how different you are from 5 years ago.

People change but they don't always change for the better and some people just change in different ways. Hence why i think getting married is a bit pointless.

[mindNsoul]

People tend to take more risk and make bad judgments when they're younger. So these relationships grow apart and end up with divorce. It is very rare that senior citizens get divorced so they do it while they're still relatively attractive and can find another partner. In their 30s and 40s mainly.

[NamerOfStars]

Often, because they presented themselves as something they weren't, and got pissed when their partner did the same. I heard a wise man say once that you should never do anything in a relationship you're not comfortable with doing for the rest of your life.

[Quackthulu]

Because it took them that look to realize that marriage was a dumb idea in the first place.

[REDHOTLINE]

Because long marriage bored and bad.