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Drops divorce rates on what timeline? Reminds of Intervention, where all addicts relapse within 6 months. I’ll never understand how divorce happens when two pe

• btilly 6y ago
  The article starts off with, Discussing five movies about relationships over a month could cut the three-year divorce rate for newlyweds in half... So it reduces divorce rates in half. I would be curious at how large the sample size was though.
  • dragonwriter 6y ago
    > So it reduces divorce rates in half. Over three years, not over the life of the marriage, but, while the average life of a first marriage that ends in divorce is around 8 years, there's a lot ending in the first couple, so having the three-year divorce rate is a big deal.
    • btilly 6y ago
      That and to do a study, you have to define your success criteria. There is a big difference between taking 3 years to get a result and taking 8. Even though 8 would be more meaningful, I completely support looking at 3 instead and hoping that it is meaningful.
      • sokoloff 6y ago
        For the people in the relationship, taking 3 years to get to a [relationship] result may be better than 8 as well. If I’m going to end up divorced in all cases, I’d much prefer it only take 3 years (though others might prefer 8). So, if this counseling activity moves divorces out, it could be viewed as worse by some.