QOTD 10/21

minionlover · October 2014

The article below says that there may be a correlation between the amount a couple spends on their wedding and divorce rate. What do you think about it?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/living/wedding-expenses-study/

catwine · October 2014

I think that couples who get too caught up in planning the perfect wedding that they forget about being married are more likely to get divorced, regardless of their wedding budget.

goatlady12 · October 2014

Well when you factor in celebs of course more expensive weddings have higher divorce rates. There really aren't enough facts in this study to make it valid. What were the ages, and geographical location of the people in the study. There are way too many variables.

brainybrunette · October 2014

Honestly, I think these types of studies are silly. Rule #1 of basic statistics is that correlation doesn't imply causation (i.e.. expensive weddings doesn't imply higher divorce rate). I think researchers who publish these studies are looking for a catchy headline, instead of adding anything of substance to their field.

ramstein1027 · October 2014

Seconding @brainybrunette & @catwine

pockysquirrel · October 2014

It means nothing. With roughly half of all marriages ending in divorce, you could correlate all sorts of stupid stuff to likelihood of divorce. You could correlate what kind of cake you had at the reception to likelihood of divorce. Oh no, we served red velvet, our union is doomed.

minionlover · October 2014

I agree with everyone. I also think that people spend way too much on weddings. It seems to me that weddings are moving away from being about a couple beginning their life together and becoming more of a competition.

consciousdear88 · October 2014

I do agree with prior posts about this. There are entirely too many underlying factors to think of with stuff like this.

I really only know two people my age who have gotten divorced already. I think only one had what I'd consider a lavish wedding.

sjs1013 · October 2014

I think it's a little ridiculous that the more you spend on your wedding, the more likely you are to be divorced.

I found a contradiction in the article. It said the more people you have at your wedding, the more successful the marriage will be. Doesn't inviting more guests drive up the cost of the wedding?

Before this was posted, I read an article this morning that said couples who go to church together having more lasting marriages that couples that don't. I'll see if I can find it again. It was from the Today show.

mrshall1027 · October 2014

I think this study is total BS. For my first wedding, it was very inexpensive compared to my second wedding and obviously that didn't work out. I can see someone wanting to have a nice big wedding and focusing so much on that, they really don't pay attention to the relationship. If that marriage ends in divorce, that has all to do with the person and not the cost of the wedding.

mana8503 · October 2014

Statistician in me:

H's first wedding was them, their parents at a courthouse.

xxjen015 · October 2014

I agree with the others. There may be a correlation, but that's not causation. Money itself can be a cause of divorce, but not how much is spent on the wedding itself.

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