Calculate the Odds You'll Get Divorced

Kelly Mills — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:03:00 GMT

As the resident divorcing parent-blogger, I see a story with "divorce in it and I get all interested. Add "calculator" to that and I'm reading further, because I love a little online gadget that tells you something good. So hey, are you wondering if your marriage is forever, or if it will end in divorce? The rate of divorce is dropping in the U.S., and within different demographics the chances are better or worse that you'll end up in Splitsville. In fact, you could have much better than the quoted 50-50 odds of success.

Only one way to find out: The Marriage Calculator. Its not quite as exciting as it sounds, because it gives you the rate of divorce among your education level, duration of marriage, and marital time period. I was hoping for something where you plugged in common grievances or something and got your odds of success, but I guess that's called a marriage counselor.

Anyhow, go here and see if people with your background are breaking up like crazy, or if their marriages are rock-solid. Then pretend that it means something for your own. At least you can see if you'll have a good dating pool of similar folks to choose from in five years, should your relatonship go under. Ahem.

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Is Your Kid Part of the New Baby Boom?

Jen Chaney — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:02:00 GMT

If you gave birth in 2007, your child could be a baby boomer. Or, more accurately, a baby boomleter.

According to data released earlier this week, 4.315 million children were born in the U.S. last year, the highest total since 1957. Considering that other more minor increases in births have been recorded in recent years, some say this means a boom of sorts is in the making.

A demographer tells USA Today the trend might be more accurately described as a boomlet, because it's unlikely that this wave will match the massive numbers of new infants that arrived during the baby boom years (1946 to 1964).

Do you get the sense that more people you know are giving birth? I mean, besides Angelina Jolie? And are you worried that if your kid is a Baby Boomer 2.0, he/she will feel a profound sense of entitlement and constantly reminisce about how awesome Woodstock was?

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