Why do marriages tend to last longer among the uneducated, in comparison to the educated?

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Miristheiss · Accepted Answer

Standards and expectations keep going up and up and up until... no one is good enough for you.

Look at women getting education and getting jobs. Women don't want to be dependent on a man. "Oh, what if he leaves me and I have no way to support myself?" Sounds good right?

Well, now that women can support themselves... the guys money and job and career should mean less to women because they don't need him anyway. Instead the opposite is happening. They care even more. The guy has to make MORE money than her or at least the same. He must have a degree or he must have 2 degrees... etc.

The more a woman makes or the more educated she is... she will now only date men that make as much as her or have degrees. So, even though she is no longer dependent on a man's money... she cares about it more than her grandmother ever did. Women get more and more and more picky and they believe only 1 or 2% of the male population is good for her.

The law of unintended consequences. A bit of a paradox.

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure that's a correct statement; I'd like to see the statistics.

For the sake of this question, let's assume it's correct. One possibility is that more educated people have more options in life, especially financial ones, and can afford to end a marriage and go off on their own.

Hinaaaaa · Accepted Answer

It's all about the mentality & how someone is brought up.. the environment they are living in... the values they have been given...& The most important how much someone values money... nothing to do with being educated & uneducated.

Kelly6 · Accepted Answer

with education comes jobs and finance which creates fight

richardcory · Answer

I think people of similar education tend to find each other. In a marriage where both are not educated, both will have much more limited job options, so there will be serious economic consequences for ending a marriage

If both are educated, they are under a lot less economic stree

madhatters4 · Answer

it seems like your premise is incorrect. the divorce rate for people with less than a high school diploma is 45% while the rate for people with a high school diploma is 38% and 25% for people with a bachelor's degree or higher

https://divorce-education.com/divorce-rate-by-education-level/

WindAtMyBack · Answer

I checked several sources and it seems the opposite is true. More educated couples have lower divorce rates than less educated people.

I only glanced at some of the guesses they made for why there is a difference. They were complete guesses with no evidence at all.

If I were to guess myself, I'd guess that more educated couples get married at a later age. They also make more money on average. Struggling for money can be a major cause of marital problems.

Anonymous · Answer

Maybe the educated do a little TOO MUCH thinking. I see this repeatedly with women on here. They pick a guy, a bad guy, she doesn't vet him properly enough to realize a bad guy. Then eventually he shows his true ba guy colors. Rather than accepting she done f***ed up and cutting her losses she THINKS of how she can change the reality which as we all know virtually never works.

If you choose well to begin with than you skip a whole lot of headaches and heartache. You can choose someone highly educated, someone highly influential, someone highly attractive, and someone highly paid. Or you can just choose someone who's committed to you with character. If he has character he'll strive for most of those things anyhow.

OddBeMe · Answer

Completely false.

Anonymous · Answer

That's false. It's actually the opposite.

LiamJHayden · Answer

The opposite is true in the United States, so it might depend upon the nation and the culture of that nation.

Pyrofox · Answer

Cause uneducated aren't rushing the marriage over FOMO.

Somebodysomeone · Answer

Uneducated people aren't constantly in competition with their partner over status in the relationship. Uneducated people have other issues like "Do we have enough money for the utilities and beer, or just beer" lol

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Financially broke people which tend to be uneducated need each other more to survive vs people that are educated who make a good salary on their own and don't need each other survive.

007kingifrit · Answer

probably 1. women with high education are unreliable and don't put the relationship first

2. modern education makes people stupider, seriously half of the stuff you learn in college just makes you unhappy and angry

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

Fewer options. If you're both baggers at walmart you have to put up with more ist from the other person, because you need that extra income to keep the lights on.

EaterPeter · Answer

Uneducated people may have more lee way educated have big non diplomatic vocabulary they may not know when to hush

strateguy632 · Answer

marriages tend to last longer for educated because most of the educated in u. s. are christian who... you know.

exitseven · Answer

I don't know if that is true. My wife and I are both pretty educated and we are going on 27 years

Anonymous · Answer

I think you're referring to university graduates who tend to have been programmed to see marriage rather differently. We might also say that a graduate has more options however.

ImHere22 · Answer

Where are you getting this data? Is sounds totally made up...

LiamS95 · Answer

Probably because higher education teaches you to question everything.

motownplayer2000 · Answer

Because they understand that they need each other. Educated people get in the way of themselves

Anonymous · Answer

That's not true. Educated people tend to stay married longer.

Anonymous · Answer

The educated love to cheat.

Jackblue · Answer

Are you certain that is the case?

eagle1951 · Answer

that's bull

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