Divorce rates among married couples in the UK are significant, with 42% predicted to end in dissolution. Cultural narratives promote the idea of a soulmate leading to everlasting happiness post-wedding. However, the reality for many, including those who remarry multiple times, reveals a more complex relationship with love and marriage. Serial marriages can reflect both romantic aspirations and a pragmatic understanding of love's limitations. Many who experience multiple weddings often grapple with societal pressures and personal desires for lasting love, despite the high likelihood of divorce.
"Saying until death do us part again, with four ex-husbands still living, suggests that you believe the right marriage might save you. But also that deep down you know it won't."
"The dream of the perfect wedding, and the perfect marriage, can be particularly hard to resist if you are a woman."
"I started looking for stories of serial spouses in the aftermath of a breakup with a man I had wanted to marry..."
"Forty-two per cent of the married couples you know are destined to divorce... yet we still buy into the idea that a wedding is a happy ending."
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