Is my Russian wife cheating on me or am I overreacting?

[mies]

Do you make your husband do all the work too? The things us men do have to do for women.  Here are a few links. Read about the abortion study in the last link. Contemplate the numbers next time you think about "throw away" society.

http://www.divorce.com/article/divorce-statistics

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/international-divorce-rates.html

http://nodivorce.us/fvi.php

Billy, you are losing me with your argument  
What do you have to do with abortions among russian women? Did you get russian woman impregnated and made her go through abortion? Did you ever forbade your woman to do an abortion and took complete responsibility for your child since then? Have you gone through vasectomy? Do you have any statistics for this procedure in RUssia and USA respectively?

[mies]

          ratio        div     mar
1990     39.78   3.7   9.3
1991     41.05   3.9   9.5
1992     56.58   4.3   7.6
1993     51.22   4.2   8.2
1994     51.95   4   7.7
1995     45.24   3.8   8.4
1996     63.33   3.8   6
1997     54.41   3.7   6.8
1998     58.06   3.6   6.2
1999     50.72   3.5   6.9
2000     71.43   4   5.6
2001     57.81   3.7   6.4
2002     57.58   3.8   6.6
2003     47.44   3.7   7.8
2004     61.02   3.6   5.9
2005     54.93   3.9   7.1
2006     50.00   3.8   7.6
2007     42.22   3.8   9
2008     51.43   3.6   7

average:   52.96   3.81   7.35

Here you have your 60 and 70% Billy :-)
If you look at the table - there were three years in Ukraine in a 19-year period, when ratio of divorces to marriages was over 60% - 1996, 2000, 2004.
When you look closer on these years - the number of divorces was about the average, and not outstanding in each of these three instances. However, the number of marriages in each of these three periods was low - much lower than average. We can safely assume, that all those people who got married in each of these three years did not divorce in the same year (or at least not all of them). Therefore, the divorces that happened in each of these years are withing norm. You cannot thus say that there are more divorces in these years. You can say that in these three years there were less marriages.
The 19-year weighted average of divorce/marriage ratio is 52.96% - not 60s or 70s % as you claim it to be.

[GoodOlBoy]

Interesting stuff Mies.

According to your statistical table, there has been a "spike" in divorce rates every 4 years. 

Starting in 92' and continuing through 96', 2000 and 2004.

Surprisingly in 2008...no spike in divorces? 


GOB


PS.....Maybe all of this has something to do with presidential elections here in the GoodOl' USA? :evil:

[mies]

Interesting stuff Mies.

According to your statistical table, there has been a "spike" in divorce rates every 4 years.  

Starting in 92' and continuing through 96', 2000 and 2004.

Surprisingly in 2008...no spike in divorces?  


GOB


PS.....Maybe all of this has something to do with presidential elections here in the GoodOl' USA? :evil:

as i said - there is no spike in divorces. there is fall in marriages. I am sure it can easily be connected (with some minimal lag) to financial situation in the world. What were the years of Russian (and consequently Ukrainian) financial markets collapses?
and in 2004 - Orange revolution, big uncertainty about the future of the country. It is indeed interesting that in 2008 number of marriages have not decreased, however - let's see the data for 2009 when it'll be available. Since the crisis in Ukraine started in the end of the Fall'08, and all marriages that were planned for the end of the year - were already scheduled, and likely were not canceled. Maybe in 2009 data we'll see a decline of marriages again.

Presidential elections, especially in such important country as USA - always have big impact on the economic and political, as well as social situation in the world.

[Muddy]

          ratio        div     mar
1990     39.78   3.7   9.3
1991     41.05   3.9   9.5
1992     56.58   4.3   7.6
1993     51.22   4.2   8.2
1994     51.95   4   7.7
1995     45.24   3.8   8.4
1996     63.33   3.8   6
1997     54.41   3.7   6.8
1998     58.06   3.6   6.2
1999     50.72   3.5   6.9
2000     71.43   4   5.6
2001     57.81   3.7   6.4
2002     57.58   3.8   6.6
2003     47.44   3.7   7.8
2004     61.02   3.6   5.9
2005     54.93   3.9   7.1
2006     50.00   3.8   7.6
2007     42.22   3.8   9
2008     51.43   3.6   7

average:   52.96   3.81   7.35

Here you have your 60 and 70% Billy :-)
If you look at the table - there were three years in Ukraine in a 19-year period, when ratio of divorces to marriages was over 60% - 1996, 2000, 2004.
When you look closer on these years - the number of divorces was about the average, and not outstanding in each of these three instances. However, the number of marriages in each of these three periods was low - much lower than average. We can safely assume, that all those people who got married in each of these three years did not divorce in the same year (or at least not all of them). Therefore, the divorces that happened in each of these years are withing norm. You cannot thus say that there are more divorces in these years. You can say that in these three years there were less marriages.
The 19-year weighted average of divorce/marriage ratio is 52.96% - not 60s or 70s % as you claim it to be.

How do you know your numbers are accurate?
The goverment agencies are so corrupt and do such a bad job in almost everything, your numbers are probably wrong and off by 10-15%

[mies]

How do you know your numbers are accurate?
The goverment agencies are so corrupt and do such a bad job in almost everything, your numbers are probably wrong and off by 10-15%

and here the truth comes...
you fooled us all Muddy you always act like a paranoid KGB agent, and now finally you have revealed that you are anarchist. Well done  

[BC]

How do you know your numbers are accurate?
The goverment agencies are so corrupt and do such a bad job in almost everything, your numbers are probably wrong and off by 10-15%

I don't know whether to laugh or cry..

Guess I'll just go have a beer instead. 

[Muddy]

 

[GoodOlBoy]

as i said - there is no spike in divorces. there is fall in marriages.

I stand corrected Mies.

I see your train of thought here and I understand what you are saying (I think ).


GOB

[Markus]

I read nothing but the title and I think she probably is.
Mark

[Velena]

Oh My God! I can't belive that husband would publish private conversation of his wife on public forum! How low can one fall!
It seems to be just a friendly chat, probably she is bored to death with her husband and just trying to entertain herself by chartting with Russian friend.

[2tallbill]

Your Question
is my russian wife cheating on me?

I don't speak Russian and she just left for the weekend to visit her russian guy friends. I found this message on my computer from her to them. Long story short i want to be able to trust her and I hope someone can translate this letter and let me know what she is saying and if i'm overreacting.

Call a lawyer, get advice, assume the worst. There is no way a good girl would leave her
husband and baby overnight to go partying with male friends that are not related by
blood. 

My Russian is mediocre (or worse). I saw something weird about someone named Sam.