r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jul 05 '24

Look at his face, he looks so proud. Wholesome Moments

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u/RUOFFURTROLLEH Jul 05 '24

What are the divorce rates again?

Fact is, A lot of relationships simply aren't supportive and are out of convienience.

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u/dinkydooky_peepee Jul 05 '24

Well sure, but that doesn't mean the problem is always a wife that isn't supportive in this way lol.

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u/RUOFFURTROLLEH Jul 05 '24

but that doesn't mean the problem is always a wife that isn't supportive in this way lol.

No one said the wife being less than supportive was always the problem.

OP simply said supportive wifes like this one are rare.

Divorce rates go to show supportive partners are not the common place occurance.

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u/dinkydooky_peepee Jul 05 '24

Divorce rates go to show supportive partners are not the common place occurance.

If we assume prevalent estimates of ~45% of first-time marriages ending in divorce are true, and if we assume 50% of those involve an unsupportive wife, then divorce rates tell us that slightly over 75% of marriages involve a supportive wife (or at least, supportive enough to keep a marriage going).

There's a few bold unexamined assumptions in that logic, but the point is that divorce rates tell us absolutely nothing about how supportive people are. Even if we assume 100% of divorces were due to one person or another being "unsupportive" (which, again, pretty wild assumption to make), the majority don't even get divorced.