泰·田代(Ty Tashiro)解释说，夫妻在结婚的第一年对婚姻的满意度是86%。而到了第七年，满意度便不超过50%。

Yes, about 50 percent of couples get divorced. Another 10-15 percent separate but do not file paperwork. And 7 more percent are chronically unhappy.

的确如此，有半数的夫妻最终都以离婚收场。另有10%—15%的夫妻会采取分居的方式，但却不愿意签署离婚协议。而有7%的夫妻长期过着不幸福的生活。

So the real stat is two-thirds of marriages do not live "happily ever after."

因此，真实的情况是有三分之二的婚姻都不会“快乐到老”。

The divorce rate often reported by the media is 50 percent, which is based on Census Bureau data. However, census data does not capture the 10 to 15 percent of couples who permanently separate but do not file formal paperwork for a legal divorce. This means that a conservative estimate of the divorce and permanent separation rate is 60 percent. Add the additional 7 percent of chronically unhappy couples who do not divorce or permanently separate but are consistently unhappy in their marriage, and this means that two-thirds of all married couples do not live happily ever after.

根据人口统计局的数据，媒体经常报道的离婚率是50%。但事实上，统计局的数据并没有将分居而始终因未签署正式的协议而合法离婚的10%—15%计算在内。这就意味着，保守来讲，离婚及永久分居率是60%。而额外7%的夫妻既没有离婚，也没有长期分居，而是长期处于不幸福状态。也就是说，有三分之二的夫妻都没有快乐地生活到老。

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