According to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington, couples are more likely to divorce after holidaying together. Divorce rates have been proven to increase following the summer holidays in particular, followed by the Christmas break. How festive.
The study further analysed divorce filings between 2001 and 2005 and revealed that the most divorces occur in March, shortly followed by August. Cancel your holidays, people.
But what is it that drives the rise in fallouts at what should be your most memorable time together? Surely not the late discovery that your partner likes to snore or rush out early to secure the sunbeds?
Study author Julie Brines told The New York Post, ‘For a lot of people who are maybe dissatisfied with their marriages, they’re discontent, but they’re not quite sure what to do about it, the holidays are sort of an opportunity for things to kind of turn around.’
So if your last-minute trip to Paris or be it Brighton isn’t enough to salvage your marriage, then divorce rates rise come January. Brines explains, ‘A lot of this is more reactive than proactive,’ she says. ‘It’s in response to what didn’t happen during the holidays.’ Somebody not sharing their sweets on the flight over?
But the good news is that if your marriage is still going strong come September, you might be in for the long run…
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