Question

Your best friend is 29 years old and just divorced after 5 years of marriage. She had a steady boyfriend in high school and married her college sweetheart. She is very concerned that she will never find another person with whom to have a romantic relationship. What do you tell her?

Answer 1

Answer:

That most young adults remarry about 5 years after a divorce.

Explanation:

29 years is still a very young age to think that a person won't be able to marry again. On average, 80% of divorced people remarry under 4 years after the divorce. And in the case of young adults (such as the woman in the example) under 5 years, by 10 years after the divorce, 75% are married again.

Usually, people who remarriage have a better acceptance of their failed relationship, and help to heal some emotional and mental wounds left by their previous marriage.