It’s a fact that second marriages have a significantly higher failure rate than first marriages. That’s not to say they can’t work- both my parents are in happy second marriages- but they take MUCH more work, and remember, oftentimes, the first marriage ended because of a lack of effort. The spouses going for a second shot automatically have baggage, if there are kids, you have to deal with the tremendous pressure of trying to get along with them (and they won’t make it easy), there is crazy money pressure, especially where you have a husband who has to pay alimony/child support to an ex wife. The odds are stacked against the couple; they are faced with unbelievable pressure, and that’s why so many don’t make it. This is not to say don’t get remarried, just that you have to know what you’re getting into and be prepared to deal with it, and work much harder than you would in a first marriage.
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