Contributed by: Editor on Tuesday, February 24 2009 @ 05:53 pm
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We have had a few articles recently (see Story) about how online dating sites have seen a spike in memberships as the economy slips. The opposite trend seems to be true for divorces, when compared to the economy. Couples who are struggling with their relationships tend to stay together more and longer when the economy is down. Worries about money and finding someone to pay half the rent or mortgage are the primary reasons.
A economics professor at San Diego State University had an interesting point of view regarding marriage. Shoshana Grossbard noted that probably a greater percentage of online daters now, are not looking for marriage. For the most part, most people do not want the expense of getting married in times when money is tight. As example, In the first few years of the Great Depression, the number of marriages dropped 20 percent from 1929 to 1932.
Read Sign On San Diego[*1] for more of the story.