Marriage: You got to wonder.

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In Afghanistan, a man who wanted to marry a woman would cut off a lock of her hair or throw a sheet over her and proclaim her his bride.


[And exactly how does he cut off her hair when she has a burqa on?  I suppose the sheet works better - go to the highest point in your mud dwelling and wait until she limps by and throw the sheet on her like you are trying to catch a ghost.  However, how do you know it is her?  Surely with a burqa covering 99.9% of the body, all women look the same.  You might get your mother!]


Meanwhile, in the Western world -

The probability of a first marriage ending in a divorce within 5 years is 20%, but the probability of a premarital cohabitation breaking up within 5 years is 49%. After 10 years, the probability of a first marriage ending is 33%, compared with 62% for cohabitations.

And in the United States, over 50% of first marriages end in divorce, 67% of second marriages end in divorce, and nearly 74% of third marriages end in divorce.

But it is not all bad news - Washington, D.C., has the lowest marriage rate in the nation ... and the highest number of lawyers and politicians!!






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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