A new study revealed that couples who met through an application or website are six times more likely to divorce in the first three years of marriage, compared to couples who met in the study environment with family, friends and work, according to the British newspaper “Metro” website.
After seven years, couples who met online had a 17% risk of divorce compared to 10% of those who met in real life.
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The study conducted a survey of 2,000 married adults aged 30 and over, and asked them questions about where they met their spouses, and the study discovered that couples who got to know each other through the Internet are the most popular, representing a third (32%). of married couples in the last two years, up from just 1% in the 1990s and 7% in the 2000s.
And it doesn’t appear that only those online are at risk of divorce, as the study found that by 10 years of marriage, those who met through the workplace had the highest divorce rate – at 24%, compared to 20% of those who met online, and 19% of those who met in a restaurant, and 15% of those who met through family gatherings, friends or neighbors.
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Researchers see couples who have hooked up online getting married as “relative strangers,” and Harry Benson, director of research at the Marriage Foundation, says: “Our findings do not in any way undermine or diminish the vital role of online dating…but they do highlight the risks and difficulties. The greatest risk is getting to know a relative stranger where reliable sources of basic information and subsequent social support are less accessible.”
The Foundation for Marriage did not study whether there was any difference between the divorce rates of those who used relationship sites, which tend to be informal.
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However, previous research has found that unlike users who are only looking for a casual relationship, nine out of ten people who met in this way were currently in a relationship wanting to get married.
A survey was conducted on 2,000 unmarried young men about their attitudes toward marriage, including those who were in a relationship and met about an “informal dating app”, where 89% said they wanted to get married and four out of five (80%) expected marriage at some point. Compared to 84% and 77%, respectively, among those who met through long-term dating apps.
Sir Paul Coleridge, founder of the Foundation for Marriage, suggests a solution that helps avoid divorce between couples who have met on the Internet: “Couples who have met on the Internet should undergo proper preparation for marriage before contracting the marriage. In this way, the spouses discover potential flaws Her appearance and treatment before her appearance after the wedding.
