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I don't doubt that divorce rates IRL are high.
But it was my understanding that the "half of all marriages end in divorce" narrative gets skewed because the people that get divorced once have higher probability of getting divorced a second and third time, etc, which cumulatively get added to this figure.
IE. Four men get married. Three remain happily married, the fourth gets married and divorced thrice.
"50% of marriages end in divorce"
Honestly, might have been true in the 80s and maybe 90s.
But now ? At my work (we're a few hundreds), a minority haven't had a divorce.
On the scale of relativity, Mr Divorce is likely to still be much less happy than guys who are just remaining married regardless.
Post divorces are more than just money. They are a person well out of the game having to re-enter it. And, considering they ended up divorced, their ability to pick a mate is proven to be awful and just as likely to happen again.
You can end up happier on the otherside. You could also end up happier just sticking it out. The time of marriage where its completely impossible to make it work is often the type of person who is never going to make it work, however.
Your parents might have ended up better for it, but that's not a even close to guaranteed.