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Current Totals:

Do you believe that it should be harder than it is now to get a divorce in Missouri?


Yes:


 21%

No:


 79%

 

Do you believe that the number of divorces per person should be capped at some number?


Yes, one per customer:


 3%

Yes, no more than two per customer:


 7%

Yes, no more than three per customer:


 5%

Caveat emptor:


 85%

 

Should there be an anniversary year after which couples should not be allowed to get divorced?


No divorces after 10 years of marriage:


 1%

No divorces after 20 years of marriage:


 1%

No divorces after 30 years of marriage:


 2%

No divorces after 40 years of marriage:


 3%

No restrictions:


 93%

 

Which of the following aspects of divorce do you find most troubling?


Alimony:


 14%

Legal fees:


 18%

Child custody:


 52%

Dog or cat custody:


 8%

Property settlements:


 9%

 

Which of the following reasons for divorce is the most understandable?


Cheating by a spouse or partner:


 16%

Emotional or physical abuse:


 71%

Money issues:


 1%

Incompatibility:


 8%

Stress of historic rehabilitation of a home:


 2%

Change in appearance by a spouse or partner:


 2%

 

Do you think it should be easier for same-sex couples to get married and divorced?


Yes:


 66%

No:


 34%

 

Which of the following things would best describe your reaction if one of your friends starts dating your ex-?


I'd be happy that they found each other:


 27%

I'd try to get over being upset and keep the friendship:


 24%

I'd try to reconcile with my ex-:


 2%

I'd avoid them both like the plague:


 47%

 

Which of the following things would you most wish upon any ex-spouses of yours?


That giant warts would grow on their noses:


 6%

That they would take slow boats to China:


 10%

That gossip columnist Deb Peterson would move in next door to them:


 5%

That they would marry their divorce lawyers:


 7%

Only good things -- the happier they are the less they bother me:


 72%

 

Which of the following is the quality you'd most like to find in the lawyer who handled your divorce?


Cheap:


 8%

Mean:


 3%

Fair:


 47%

Fast:


 11%

Good-looking:


 2%

Relentless:


 29%

 

Should "unhappy parents trapped in a loveless marriage" stay together for the sake of the kids?


Yes, probably:


 23%

No, probably not:


 77%

 

Which of the following is the best way to celebrate a divorce?


Have a reverse wedding:


 7%

Open a bottle of champagne:


 30%

Take a vow never to get married again:


 6%

Take a vow never to get married to that same loser again:


 17%

Move out of town:


 3%

Go on an expensive vacation:


 34%

Have some sort of cosmetic surgery:


 3%

 

Do you believe that a presidential candidate's prior divorces or those of his/her spouse should be major issues in the 2008 presidential campaign?


Yes:


 11%

No:


 33%

No, and neither should their current marriages:


 57%

 

Which of the following divorced/ing couples is most disappointing to you?


Kim Basinger/Alec Baldwin:


 13%

Roseanne Blunt/Roy Blunt:


 12%

Heather Mills/Paul McCartney:


 24%

Deanna Vinson/Ray Vinson:


 11%

Demi Moore/Bruce Willis:


 18%

Anne Boleyn/Henry VIII:


 23%

 


Which of the following is your favorite divorce movie?


Kramer vs. Kramer (1979):


 19%

The War of the Roses (1989):


 19%

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993):


 26%

The First Wives Club (1996):


 16%

Liar Liar (1997):


 7%

Stepmom (1998):


 3%

Brokeback Mountain (2005):


 9%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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