Divorce: Till work and raising kids do us part

Hollywood may have come up with The Seven Year Itch, but the movie title does point to a potent force tearing many marriages apart.

Just how potent can be seen in some eye-opening figures: People married for between five and nine years comprised the largest group of divorcing couples in the past two decades.

Of the couples who ended their marriages in 2010, 30.4 per cent fell into this category, but at least the figure was down from the 36 per cent in 1990.

Read More: The Sunday Times