Divorced Men Are Twice As Likely To Remarry As Divorced Women

Divorced Men More Likely To Remarry

The Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 31/01/2012 11:25 Updated: 31/01/2012 11:25

Divorced men are twice as keen to remarry as divorced women and more likely to get over their failed marriage and complicated break-up, new research has found.

The study of 2,000 adults, conducted to mark the DVD release of Crazy, Stupid, Love, found that 47% of divorced men are eager to wed again compared to just 20% of previously married women.

This suggests that divorced men are much more open to finding love - and a new wife - the study claims.

A further 42% of divorced men admitted they were so keen to get back on the dating scene, they would pay a 'pick-up artist' to chaperone them on a date, providing chat-up line techniques and date coaching.

Women were a little more laid back about flying solo with less than one in five considering doing the same thing.

Divorced men (31%) revealed that they’d tried internet dating following their marriage break-up, compared to 19% of women.

"Dating is a complicated game for men and more so for those who are starting all over again, having been off the dating scene for a number of years," says professional dating expert Mini Lane, as reported by the Daily Mail.

"This is why men turn to 'gurus' to help them learn how to dress and flatter their physique, as well as develop their body language."

Georgina Chase, a family lawyer at Russell Jones and Walker, told The Huffington Post: "The results of this survey don’t surprise me. We have male clients one might term as regulars; we’ve just acted for one gentleman in his third divorce.

"My experience as a divorce lawyer is that women are a lot more cautious about remarrying once they have been divorced. Men, however, appear very keen post-divorce to find a new girlfriend and often that girlfriend wants the security of marriage and will push for it.

"The man, despite having gone through a divorce himself, just rolls over and gets married again."

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18:07 on 01/02/2012
They may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!
18:05 on 01/02/2012
Gluttons for punishment!
22:25 on 31/01/2012
Well if they say it it must be true. I am divorced and love being single, I have met a lot of divorced men who clearly have no idea about relationships or women who seem to think I should jump at the chance of making do with their ex wife's cast off. Not flatting or realistic. Perhaps instead of learning how to dress or smile they should go over why their previous marriage came to an end? I have also noticed that a lot of these guys have lost their business /house/savings to their ex and then look for a woman who doesnt mind that they have nothing to offer or, worse still, will look after them financially instead - dreamers and idiots
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John Alastair
20:46 on 01/02/2012
Don't be too judgmental. If YOU were the one who ran the risk of losing everything to your ex-husband, perhaps YOU would be the dreaming idiot.
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stape45
Spin this!
22:08 on 31/01/2012
I am my wife's second husband (18 years and counting) and she will always be my only wife. Unlike her, I was fortunate enough to get it right the first time.
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stape45
Spin this!
22:17 on 31/01/2012
Posted at 10:08 PM? Where? It's 5:08 PM Eastern. Wassup?
majbjb
Protecting sheeple from wolves, even if they don't
17:32 on 31/01/2012
Gluttons for punishment obviously.
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LiberalDemIda
Pragmatic Progressives 4 Obama 2012
15:01 on 31/01/2012
Once bitten, twice shy. Besides, women have read the study that women who are married get five years shaved off their lives while married men add an additional five years to theirs.
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realitycheck101a
The Matrix is an artificial construct...
21:05 on 31/01/2012
That's probably because women do most of the grunt work in a marriage: cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, tending to the children, etc. Like they say, " A man works from sun to sun. A woman's work is never done." And it's never "done" because it always has to be done again, and again. Add a job outside the home and you have a perfect recipe for *burn out.* And people wonder why the divorce rate is somewhere around 50%...
13:15 on 31/01/2012
Are men just gluttons for punishment? Been taken to the cleaners once, they want to be fleeced a 2nd time?
14:02 on 31/01/2012
Maybe they are after a divorcee that took her last husband(s) to the cleaners and want to help spend his money?
14:27 on 31/01/2012
That's a really generalized statement. I must be the only ex wife who left with the things that had been brought into the marriage and the things bought with my own money from my own career. I find this article not even close to reality. Most men are so bitter and hateful after a divorce that all they want to do is play around. Maybe it's a certain age group but the ones in their 40's and 50's are just looking for "special friends" with no emotional bonds. How anyone can have sex without forming some type of emotional bond is beyond me. I read the personal ads once in awhile to remind me of why I love being single without any man in my life to complicate it or distract me from my business.
22:27 on 31/01/2012
I have met a lot of these guys too, they just want casual sex with no strings, commitments or expense. When I meet such a guy I tell him the directions to the nearest brothel and remind him it will probably cost him all of his life savings for just one hour there. Why they think I would provide them with a place that is more private, nicer, cleaner, posher for free beats me.
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Rita Khanna
Social liberal but fiscal conservative
13:12 on 31/01/2012
Man marries younger and plenty of girls are there (atleast he can see them)
Woman marries older and there are very few eligible singles at her age.
14:45 on 31/01/2012
I am 53 and the last guy I dated was 59 BUT he had the body of a 30 year old (better then most I would say) and the other two before him were 7 years younger then myself and the same age as myself. Older? At 53? Sorry I don't want someone using a walker lol I want someone that can keep up with me. I am on the go all the time, I work 80 hour weeks in my business and on the weekends when I am not working I ride my motorcycle and go to events. Alot of men I meet these days want to stay home and watch TV all the time, which is fine because I do enjoy a nite in making dinner and spending time together but I also enjoy my social life.