I should NEVER be allowed to get bored!

Most of my life is spent working (very hard by the way ;)) from my office in my bedroom, playing with my boys, cleaning, cooking, all other things "mother", and sleeping. So it is very rare for me to actually get 2 free seconds. Today I actually got a couple of spare minutes, and thought I was going to go crazy. So, I got on my facebook and saw a message from a good friend of mine, which was kind of depressing. She got divorced from her hubby. They have been married for a few years and then he decided he didn't love her anymore. That was a little depressing to hear, cuz I was really good friends with him too. In fact, we grew up in the same neighborhood, and I had a HUGE crush on him in Elementary school. At one point I was going to marry him (of course I was 8, so that doesn't really count).

Anyway....As all these things were running through my head, I got thinking about some of the statistics I learned in my psychology classes about divorce rates. Then I thought, I wonder how close my friend statistics are to the national statistics. So, I did a little unscientific research of my own. For anyone who doesn't know, I LOVE to do research. Yes, I am weird! In case you're wondering, here is what I found in the 2 minutes of free time I had to figure it all out:

Out of all the friends I am in constant communication with, I have 16 I could think of off the top of my head that either are, or have been married. Out of those 16, 5 have been divorced (3 are re-married). That's just over 31% (I don't remember the national statistics, so the comparison thing would have been a little easier if I could remember... Kendra? Do you remember?)

So then I thought, I wonder if age had anything to do with it. I wrote down the age of each friend when they got married. Of the 16 friends, 9 of them got married at age 20/21 or younger (only one was under 20). Of those 9 friends, 5 are divorced. Yes, the 5 friends that are divorced ALL got married at age 20/21. That is just over 55%...CRAZY!!!!

Now, I don't know if the reason I have these results is because those that got married older haven't been married as long. 3 of the friends that got divorced were married for about 5 years. Of those that got married older, only 2 have been married for 5 years or longer. So, maybe in 5 years I'll need to get bored again and see what my results are... :)

Yes, this is what I do when I get bored. And this is why I should NEVER be allowed to get bored!