Learn to Say 'Will You Marry Me' in Different Languages

5 interesting facts about marriage

1. Married couples need to spend more time together.

Due to jobs, kids, TV, the Internet, hobbies, and home and family responsibilities, the average married couple spends just four minutes a day of focused alone time together, according to iMom.

2. Marrying a partner from an affair rarely works out.

Over 75% of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce.

3. Marrying young is a greater risk.

Marrying younger than age 25 dramatically raises the divorce risk. Also, the divorce risk is higher when the woman is much older than the man, though the reverse isn’t as strong of a factor.

4. Cohabiting before marriage can pose a greater long-term relational risk.

There have been studies that show a higher divorce rate and lower level of marital satisfaction among couples who cohabitated before tying the knot. Several factors could be unplanned pregnancies leading to an ill-conceived marriage, the lack of a definitive decision to commit, and couples who normally would have broken up had they not been living together.

5. People in happy marriages tend to be more productive at work.

Approximately $6 billion in revenue is lost by American businesses as a result of decreased worker productivity linked to marriage hardship. Employees in a happy marriage, in contrast, tend to increase a company’s bottom line.