CMN 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ultimate Galactus Trilogy, Phase 2, Financial Independence
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Introduction to relational dissolution: according to hill et al. 40% of romantic relationships & 50% of marriages end within 2-5 years after they are established: metaphors for relational dissolution (two: passing away & Passing away = slow decline/deterioration/fading away that represents a process. Sudden death = discrete/sudden event that causes death of relationship, not expecting it. Ex: cheating; over without talking or fixing relationship; actual death: divorce statistics. 50% of those relationships will end in divorce; just as likely to die to end relationship as to get divorce. Of couples make it to 10 years. Most people who get divorced typically get remarried; chances for divorce increase though even after remarriage. Occurs typically when marrying someone who"s already been divorced (assortative mating = marrying someone with a similarities [in this case, ya"ll are both divorced af]) 1974 = the first time more relationships ended in divorce than death; this pattern has been the same ever since.
