Divorce Rate in the USA ......any reason why ?

Because abuse is now brought into the light. The shame of an abusive marriage is no longer hidden. People now have a choice in whether to continue a bad marriage or escape. Men are trying to blame feminism for all there problems. If men had been better toward women feminism may never had happened.

unrealistic expectations

the inability or lack of interest to really listen, hear, and respect what your partner says even if you disagree.

lack of daily appreciation for the other person. let's be honest, men and women focus on the faults of each other, rather than the pluses--when you do that over time, you become blinded to the good.

lack of god in relationships.

the Hollywood factor--both in terms of fantasy expectations and hammering (no pun intended) us with oversexed images and topics that let's be honest kind of mess all of us up men and women.

the fact that our culture encourages perpetual youth and irresponsiblity. the days of acting with honor and integrity, keeping your word, having your spouses back no matter what, being disciplined are nonexistent. i think the last one is a biggie.

Unrealistic expectations of Hollywood sitcom life.

I dont think you can pigeonhole all failed marriages into one category. Alot of my married friends arent happy because one or the other, not saying who, is a control freak. or one of the other is unkind and unforgiving and a perfectionist and no matter what you do, you just cant make them happy. So in turn there is resentment. One partner operates at 100 percent and the other at maybe 20. Ive known married men who lie and pass themselves off as sinlge to have some fun away from home,then go home and think they are getting away with something, but it drives their wives away cause they know deep down their husbands are playing & unfaithful, treating their wives as fools & think they are slick to get away with it, pretty soon this catches up to them and then they wonder why their marraiges failed.... DUH!

Thanks for the hard numbers,OP.

My own opinions are that the reasons for divorce vary but boil down to a few key things:

1. Some people aren't mature enough to be in a relationship - they expect someone else to 'fix' them or be responsible for their happiness and don't handle conflict well - not enough patience, communication skills and so on. They never sorted out their own issues or baggage first. They have anger from things in their childhood, previous relationships and so on that they then direct at their spouse.

2. Some people just don't want to be alone but continually have an eye for 'trading up' - women for more money, men for younger or better looks. They get married for convenience, or to please families, or because they don't want to be alone but are out as soon as they think someone better has come along.

3. Laziness - some people view relationships as disposable,and that extends to marriage. If things get tough they bail rather than sort out problems. They don't see relationships as something you need to put effort into - they think the husband should do this or the wife should do this automatically, without any incentives. They fail to realize that you get exactly what you put into the relationship in a lot of cases.

4. Martyr complex. Some women seem to see some sort of special status in tolerating crap from someone. Men do the same thing to a lesser extent. The longer they stay and the more they tolerate or even enable bad behaviour (drug use, abusive language, cheating) the bigger the kudos they get when they finally do leave. But always left out is WTF they married them in the first place? Remember that quite often, like attracts like and the 'martyr' has a darker face than the one that gets presented to those who take pity on them.