--- title: Why Remarrying Isn't the Same as it Used To Be description: Fewer people are retying the knot, especially women. canonical: https://time.com/3906297/why-remarrying-isnt-the-same-anymore/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-03T12:15:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:05.122Z og:title: Why Remarrying Isn't the Same Anymore og:description: Fewer people are retying the knot, especially women. og:url: https://time.com/3906297/why-remarrying-isnt-the-same-anymore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt788e3f71dcf61cd7/69878174f887dcaaf1e8a5d7/gettyimages_155445726-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5616 og:image:height: 3159 og:image:alt: elderly-couple-holding-hands og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Remarrying Isn't the Same Anymore twitter:description: Fewer people are retying the knot, especially women. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt788e3f71dcf61cd7/69878174f887dcaaf1e8a5d7/gettyimages_155445726-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Remarrying Isn't What it Used To Be > Sponsored content. 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About 40% of all the two million odd marriages that took place in 2013 were remarriages either for the bride or the groom. About 20% of them were remarriages for both. Divorce remains a deeply unpleasant process, but not as hard to do as it was. And marriage—for all its flaws—is still a very popular institution. So it makes sense that a lot of people figure they’ll give it another go. The triumph of hope over experience and all that. But second (and third and so on) marriages are not what they were. According to a [new brief](https://contemporaryfamilies.org/remarriage-brief-report/) written by Wendy Manning for the Council on Contemporary Families, here are some ways retying the knot is changing. \*_Remarriage rates are falling_. In 1990, 50 out of every 1,000 previously-married men and women got married again. In 2013, it was 28, a 40% drop. \*_Much of that drop has been among women_. In 1995, 54% of women who divorced before age 45 had remarried within five years. In 2005, [only 38% had](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/key%5Fstatistics/r.htm#remarriage). \*_Men are more likely to remarry._ The rate is almost twice as high for men as for women ([40 per 1,000 vs. 21 per 1,000](https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/payne-remarriage-rate-fp-15-08.html.)) \*_There aren’t always just two_. Among remarrying couples, 46% already have a child under 18 living in the home. (Then again, 38% of couples who marry for the _first_ time already have a child in the home) \*_If there are kids, they’re usually hers_. Only 9% of remarried stepmoms are living with their stepkids, while 46% of remarried stepdads have their wife’s kids in the home. The good news is that more people with stepkids report a happier marriage than those who don’t, a switch from prior years. \*_Remarriages, which have always had a higher implosion rate than first marriages, have become even less stable over the past 20 years_. By 2010, almost a third of remarriages (31%) of women under 45 ended in divorce within five years. In 1995, that figure was 23%. (About 20% of first marriages don’t make it to their fifth anniversary.) \*_Finding a new spouse takes a little longer_. Half of the folks who remarry do so within four years. In 2002 it was three years. Some of this is slightly disheartening for those who wish to marry again, but never fear, the decision can pay off. “Remarriages confer at least some of the same health benefits as first marriages,” says the report. And in any case, studies have shown that about 100% of every newly married couple thinks their love is going to last forever. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3906297/why-remarrying-isnt-the-same-anymore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3906297/why-remarrying-isnt-the-same-anymore/"},"headline":"Why Remarrying Isn't What it Used To Be","datePublished":"2015-06-03T12:15:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:05.122Z","description":"Fewer people are retying the knot, especially women.","url":"https://time.com/3906297/why-remarrying-isnt-the-same-anymore/","keywords":["Living","Marriage","Divorce","Family"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt788e3f71dcf61cd7/69878174f887dcaaf1e8a5d7/gettyimages_155445726-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt788e3f71dcf61cd7/69878174f887dcaaf1e8a5d7/gettyimages_155445726-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"elderly-couple-holding-hands","caption":"elderly-couple-holding-hands","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3906297/why-remarrying-isnt-the-same-anymore/","name":"Why Remarrying Isn't What it Used To Be"}}]}] ```