This is the second in what can now officially be called a multi-part series of short insights that occur to me when I take a look at my life from a statistical point of view.
The Statistic: Of all the weddings/wedding receptions I have been invited to in my adult life, the percentage of divorces for the ones I have been unable to attend is over 80%.
How Weird Is That? I guess with the divorce rate these days (Studies estimate that approx. 30% of first marriages end in divorce within the first ten years), it’s not that weird. The percentage of weddings I have attended, however, is much lower, as is my overall rate (which is under 15% in total).
What Does It Mean? Again, probably not a whole lot. Thinking upon the individual weddings/receptions that I could not attend, the reasons were almost always financial or work-related as to why I could not attend. There was only one wedding that I did not attend because I explicitly didn’t want to go (that one, incidentally, ended in divorce).
Taking this evidence alongside Part 1 and something I may discuss in Part 3 (if there is a Part 3), there is a slight case to be made that I am, in fact, a harbinger of love/doom, and that my blessing upon ye can make or break your own marital bliss. But all of the evidence is generally circumstantial to this point, and should not be taken seriously until further evidence can be collected.
What Have I Learned? I have been to a LOT of weddings. Which makes me wonder where all my frequent flier miles have gone.
