Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet
They really buried the lede. There are two things happening here that can arguably be traced to one cause:<p>Educated millennials apparently see marriage as something you do _after_ you&#x27;ve finished establishing yourself. It is a goal, not a given.<p>Uneducated millennials apparently have the _same_ point of view, but they aren&#x27;t established and therefore they aren&#x27;t getting married.<p>Given that marriage often means you end up with the lower of the two credit scores, you&#x27;re on the hook for debts, you&#x27;re going to be paying jointly filed taxes regardless of future marital status, etc -- it absolutely makes sense not to get married until you&#x27;re financially established. Now that the mystique of marriage is broken (thanks to those baby boomers get divorced in record numbers), it&#x27;s no longer a rite of passage into adulthood.