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Explain It to Me

My parents divorced. Will I?

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.47.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Listener Siobhan is very much in love. So in love that she and her boyfriend will probably walk down the aisle soon. But she’s also seen the marriages of older people in her life fall apart. As she considers embarking on this next step in life, she wants to know: Are younger generations less likely to get divorced than their parents? And what’s behind the shifting trends in matrimony? Host Jonquilyn Hill gets answers from author and historian Stephanie Coontz.  Read More: Marriage, A History Submit your questions here, or give us a call. Our number is 1-800-618-8545. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer Caitlin PenzeyMoog, fact-checker Carla Javier, supervising producer Jorge Just, editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to explain it to me, the show where you call in a question and we find

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you the answers.

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I'm your host, John Gulin Hill.

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Here's today's question.

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I'm chivalm, I'm 28, I'm obviously from Ireland, and I suppose I want to know is the millennial generation less likely to get a divorce compared to our parents.

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I've been with my partner for a couple of years now.

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We're probably, well we're having the conversations about getting married and

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probably is going to happen in the next like

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year or two and it just made me reflect on like myself, people I know, my parents, my

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parents friends. Like everybody knows somebody who's divorced or separated.

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I can tell this question is really important to Chavan. When she sent it in she

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