Okay, let me make this clear once and for all. Less older singles,
or less divorces does NOT necessarily equal happier marriages.
And “smartcookie” I’m chassidish too. Because you and your friends are happy does not mean that the system works. I know tons of people who it didn’t work for. And as someone else has mentioned the lower divorce rate (which has btw risen tremendously in recent years) has more to do with the fear of the resulting stigma than with being happily married.