According to recent research, "being friends with someone who gets divorced makes someone 147 percent more likely to get divorced themselves." Studies show that you do not have to experience divorce yourself to change the way you view divorce. Often times experiencing divorce through a friend or relative changes a person's own view on the topic. Perhaps the experience inspires you to have a voice in your own marriage, or to admit to yourself that you are not happy. At the very least, when a close friend or relative is going through a divorce, we all ask ourselves, "am I happy" or "could this happen to me?"

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