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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So would you believe there is now a list of
states where apparently marriages last of the longest list.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yes, they study this and it's a real deal. So
the top ten states for marriage longevity, and they're saying
the key factors contributing to it are economic stability play
a crucial role, stable economies, community support, traditional values, a
lot of outdoor times. So there's one state in New
England that is in the top ten.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Can you guess what it is?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Oh, I'm going to say Connecticut, I say Vermont, I
say in New Hampshire.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Actually there are two. Sorry, there's number three is Vermont,
you're right? And then Maine is number seven. So a
lot of outdoor space, right, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
What does outdoor space have to.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
It's just like you spend time like being together rather
than worrying about what everybody else has, you know what
I mean. So the number one state with the longest
marriage longevity is West Virginia.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Really shocking, shocking.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
They're very poor.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Yeah, but I think that would be number one, high
up on the list because of the traditional.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Values exactly outdoor space.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
They had twenty two point six years of marriage on average.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And they don't expect much, right.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
That's yeah, it's it's simple living basically.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Can I ask a question about West Virginia, Yes, there
are a lot of you know.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Okay, okay, that's I think that's a myth because of
that one family, that one family in.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Well yeah, breeding, keeping within the family. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I think you mean like in the mountains of West Virginia. Yeah,
they're a family.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yeah, I think animals.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So the states with the worst marriage outlook are states
that have a lot of high stress urban environments. Frequent
relocations and career pressures can strain marriages.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
So New York the bottom three.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
No, these are so surprising, like I can't even believe it. Nevada,
Texas and the number fifty. Alaska has the worst marriage duration.
It only has sixteen point eight years that you would
think Alaska has a lot of open space.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Yeah, it's very cool. Not the case, but.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
You're right, that could be a stress.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
It's very cool. Texas is surprising to me.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I know, I thought it would be California.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
It would be down yeah, because someone who will get
divorced there, like celebrities, and it's a big state.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Not even in the bottom ten.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Wow. Wow, yeah, I would have put Texas before West Virginia.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Oh no, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
No, No, Texas is a weird, big place.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, in West Virginia, they probably just walk away, like
in just one morning, you get up and Dad's not there,
you know.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
And they never really get divorced, right right, years later,
they still don't know where dad went.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Being not divorce doesn't mean you're happy, correct, So they
could be in West Virginia.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, they just move along.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Yeah, you know, marriage is not an easy thing.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Mich Well, I ask yourself some questions before you get
too serious about marriage. Yeah, we call this Cupid's checklist. First,
do you have similar backgrounds? Second? Are you real friends, comrades, pals.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Through thick and thin?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Third?
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Do you both understand marriage?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Oh? Not the kind in most movies or most popular songs,
but the real, everyday kind of marriage between real people.
Do you understand it?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
And so New Hampshire is not in the top two. Yeah,
I need to move over to.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Main Yeah Maine, Vermont, buddy, Yeah, I love Vermont.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
I could see that. I feel like everyone's happy in Vermont. Okay,
you've been there once, I go. How much can you
know about it?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Ie?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
You went up to visit a family member once. I'm
going in November again. Really for what? Burlington, Vermont. I've
been going every year for the past ten years.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Yeah you're saying, right.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, I go up there with a bunch of friends.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
And isn't Isn't Burlington as far north as you can
go in Vermont before leaving Vermont?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
It's three hours. No, you can go past it. Yeah,
it's pretty far up there. It's right on Lake Champlain. Beautiful.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
It's near Stow. I got a store. It's beautiful. We
love it.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
And we stop on eighty nine. We stop off on
all the little towns.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Great, Why are you shaking your head?
Speaker 1 (04:20):
No?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Who are these friends that you're going to Vermont?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Like?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I feel like that part you may up Okay, you
don't go to Vermont with friends.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
I do a bunch of friends. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
What do you do when you get there?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
We usually, we know, eat out a lot, things like that,
walk around the town.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
What, Billy, I'm trying to imagine most of your friends
you met in jail.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I will say, yeah that when we go up there
every year, we we stick out like sore thumbs. Yeah. Yeah,
but you know what, they're very welcoming that's what I
mean about Vermont being a nice, happy place.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Happy.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
So you go in a caravan or like it's every
time we call a minivan, Like how does this work?
Some times we carpool. Okay, so there it is. So yeah,
if you want a long, happy marriage, moved to West Virginia.
There you go.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Marriage is not about the animal lusting and kinky sex games.
It's not so much about who's the dog and who's
the fire hydrant tonight's it's it's.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Deeper than that.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
The longer a marriage lasts, the longer you can go
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Without sex,
So would you believe there is now a list of
states where apparently marriages last of the longest list.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yes, they study this and it's a real deal. So
the top ten states for marriage longevity, and they're saying
the key factors contributing to it are economic stability play
a crucial role, stable economies, community support, traditional values, a
lot of outdoor times. So there's one state in New
England that is in the top ten.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Can you guess what it is?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Oh, I'm going to say Connecticut, I say Vermont, I
say in New Hampshire.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Actually there are two. Sorry, there's number three is Vermont,
you're right? And then Maine is number seven. So a
lot of outdoor space, right, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
What does outdoor space have to.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
It's just like you spend time like being together rather
than worrying about what everybody else has, you know what
I mean. So the number one state with the longest
marriage longevity is West Virginia.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Really shocking, shocking.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
They're very poor.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Yeah, but I think that would be number one, high
up on the list because of the traditional.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Values exactly outdoor space.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
They had twenty two point six years of marriage on average.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
And they don't expect much, right.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
That's yeah, it's it's simple living basically.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Can I ask a question about West Virginia, Yes, there
are a lot of you know.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Okay, okay, that's I think that's a myth because of
that one family, that one family in.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Well yeah, breeding, keeping within the family. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I think you mean like in the mountains of West Virginia. Yeah,
they're a family.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yeah, I think animals.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So the states with the worst marriage outlook are states
that have a lot of high stress urban environments. Frequent
relocations and career pressures can strain marriages.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
So New York the bottom three.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
No, these are so surprising, like I can't even believe it. Nevada,
Texas and the number fifty. Alaska has the worst marriage duration.
It only has sixteen point eight years that you would
think Alaska has a lot of open space.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Yeah, it's very cool. Not the case, but.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
You're right, that could be a stress.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
It's very cool. Texas is surprising to me.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I know, I thought it would be California.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
It would be down yeah, because someone who will get
divorced there, like celebrities, and it's a big state.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Not even in the bottom ten.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Wow. Wow, yeah, I would have put Texas before West Virginia.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Oh no, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
No, No, Texas is a weird, big place.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, in West Virginia, they probably just walk away, like
in just one morning, you get up and Dad's not there,
you know.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
And they never really get divorced, right right, years later,
they still don't know where dad went.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Being not divorce doesn't mean you're happy, correct, So they
could be in West Virginia.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, they just move along.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Yeah, you know, marriage is not an easy thing.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Mich Well, I ask yourself some questions before you get
too serious about marriage. Yeah, we call this Cupid's checklist. First,
do you have similar backgrounds? Second? Are you real friends, comrades, pals.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Through thick and thin?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Third?
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Do you both understand marriage?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Oh? Not the kind in most movies or most popular songs,
but the real, everyday kind of marriage between real people.
Do you understand it?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
And so New Hampshire is not in the top two. Yeah,
I need to move over to.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Main Yeah Maine, Vermont, buddy, Yeah, I love Vermont.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
I could see that. I feel like everyone's happy in Vermont. Okay,
you've been there once, I go. How much can you
know about it?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Ie?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
You went up to visit a family member once. I'm
going in November again. Really for what? Burlington, Vermont. I've
been going every year for the past ten years.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Yeah you're saying, right.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, I go up there with a bunch of friends.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
And isn't Isn't Burlington as far north as you can
go in Vermont before leaving Vermont?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
It's three hours. No, you can go past it. Yeah,
it's pretty far up there. It's right on Lake Champlain. Beautiful.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
It's near Stow. I got a store. It's beautiful. We
love it.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
And we stop on eighty nine. We stop off on
all the little towns.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Great, Why are you shaking your head?
Speaker 1 (04:20):
No?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Who are these friends that you're going to Vermont?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Like?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I feel like that part you may up Okay, you
don't go to Vermont with friends.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
I do a bunch of friends. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
What do you do when you get there?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
We usually, we know, eat out a lot, things like that,
walk around the town.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
What, Billy, I'm trying to imagine most of your friends
you met in jail.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I will say, yeah that when we go up there
every year, we we stick out like sore thumbs. Yeah. Yeah,
but you know what, they're very welcoming that's what I
mean about Vermont being a nice, happy place.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Happy.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
So you go in a caravan or like it's every
time we call a minivan, Like how does this work?
Some times we carpool. Okay, so there it is. So yeah,
if you want a long, happy marriage, moved to West Virginia.
There you go.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Marriage is not about the animal lusting and kinky sex games.
It's not so much about who's the dog and who's
the fire hydrant tonight's it's it's.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Deeper than that.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
The longer a marriage lasts, the longer you can go
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Without sex,
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