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📈 1. Marry After 25 (but before 35)
• Divorce rates are highest for marriages under age 25.
• People who marry at 25 are 50% less likely to divorce than those who marry at 20.
— Source: Nicholas Wolfinger, Institute for Family Studies

🎓 2. Get a College Degree
• College graduates divorce at half the rate of those with a high school diploma.
• This is likely due to increased income, better communication skills, and more stable life planning.
— Source: Pew Research

💰 3. Earn More Than $50K
• Financial stress is a major divorce driver.
• Couples with household incomes over $100K have markedly lower divorce rates than those under $25K.
— Source: National Marriage Project

👶 4. Wait to Have Kids
• Couples who have children after marriage are more likely to stay together than those who have children before or early in the relationship.
— Source: Brookings Institution

💑 5. Live Together After Engagement
• Couples who live together after getting engaged (vs. just cohabiting early) are less likely to divorce.
• This suggests intentionality and alignment of values.

Source: Journal of Marriage and Family

💬 6. Avoid Contempt in Conflict
• According to Dr. John Gottman (who can predict divorce with 90% accuracy in lab settings), the biggest predictor of divorce is contempt (eye-rolling, sarcasm, name-calling).
• Healthy couples fight fairly, with respect and repair attempts.

💍 7. Have a Long Courtship
• Marriages that followed a 1.5+ year dating period before engagement tend to be more stable than “fast marriages.”
• Slow-burn love is better than whirlwind romance.
Source: Emory University study

💑 8. Be Religiously Compatible (or aligned in values)
• Shared religious or spiritual beliefs correlate with lower divorce risk, especially if both partners attend services together.
Source: Harvard School of Public Health