Tuesday, July 08, 2008 | 11:03 p.m.

'Traditional Family,' an Oxymoron?

by Jan Denise

When 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, 75 percent of divorcees remarry, 65 percent of their marriages include children from another marriage and 60 percent of those marriages end in divorce, can there be anything traditional left about the "traditional family"?

As my husband and I were recently introduced to exes, stepparents and stepsiblings at a party, we found ourselves trying to put the puzzle together … and pieces of it were ours.

We're creating new t ...

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Posted by: Laurie
Comment: #1
Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:47 PM

the 50% ratio isn't really an accurate reflection of marriage. i know too many people who got married for all the wrong reasons and new it when they got married. If you aren't getting married for all the wrong reasons and have done the proper premartial introspection and communication, what are your odds, really?

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