Divorcing Male Bankers More Interested In Their Dogs Than Their Kids

And this time it's focused on divorce.

The results are based on telephone conversations with over 1,300 bankers during April:

68.3% of male bankers said they had been divorced at least once, 23.7% twice, and 3.1% three times or more

92.5% of divorced male bankers' second wives were younger than their first wife

The average length of a marriage was 6 years, 7 months

The average age of a male banker at the time of his (first) divorce was 29 years, 5 months

83.6% of male bankers said that they had children under the age of 18 at the time of the divorce

The average divorce settlement cost them £327,356 ($540,726), with the biggest single asset of the marriage being equity in the matrimonal home

35.1% of male bankers said that they divorced because they had 'drifted apart' from their spouse over a long period and were bored of the relationship

27.3% said that they were getting old and could no longer stand the arguments

8.6% said that they only stayed in the marriage until their children were old enough to leave home

7.3% said that they left home for another woman, although only 5.5% of these male bankers ended up in a long term relationship (defined as over 2 years) with the woman concerned

0.7% said that they left home for another man

42.4% said that they wished they had never got married in the first place

4.3% said that they wished they had never had children

21.7% said that they were still on 'fairly civil' terms with their (first) ex-wife

72.1% said that they wanted to have nothing further to do with their (first) ex-wife

23.4% said that they ideally wanted custody of the children from the marriage

67.3% said that they wanted custody of the family dog

37.1% of female bankers said that they had been divorced at least once, 12.1% twice, and 0.4% three times or more

79.4% of divorced female bankers' second husbands were older than their first husband

The average length of a marriage was 13 years, 3 months

The average age of a female banker at the time of her (first) divorce was 35 years, 9 months

63.6% of female bankers said that they had children under the age of 18 at the time of the divorce

The average divorce settlement cost them £184,279 ($304,392), with the biggest single asset of the marriage being equity in the matrimonal home

32.3% said that they only stayed in the marriage until their children were old enough to leave home

18.5% said that they were fed up being married to a person that acted more like a child than their actual children did

11.7% said that they had simply 'grown apart' from their husband

9.6% of female bankers said that they got divorced because they were fed up bringing in the majority of the household income, and expeced to be the main carer for the children too

4.1% said that they their marriage broke up over another man, and 32.6% of these female bankers ended up in a long term relationship (defined as over 2 years) with the man concerned

0.9% said that they left home for another woman

71.7% said that they wished they had never got married in the first place

0.3% said that they wished they had never had children

52.1% said that they were still on 'fairly civil' terms with their (first) ex-husband

13.6% said that they wanted to have nothing further to do with their (first) ex-husband

93.6% said that they ideally wanted custody of the children from the marriage

33.6% said that they couldn't care less about the dirty dog (the family pet, that is)

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