The divorce rate in America is approximately 50%.. I think one of the reasons for this may have something to do with the high expectations we have for our significant others. When you first meet your husband or wife (or girlfriend or boyfriend), you mainly see all the good stuff – especially if the attraction is largely physical (which it often is). If you didn’t live with your husband or wife before you got married, then you never had the chance to see all the pluses and minuses he or she had before you committed. If you did live with one another, than hopefully by the time you got married, you knew what you were getting into. Very few (if any) surprises. Good.