Ten Year Marriage: Does It Matter?

  I hear all sorts of chatter about whether – or not – it matters if your marriage has lasted ten or more years before you divorce.  I’ve talked about it before, in the case of the military ten year myth, but let’s dive in deeper. Now, before I go any further, I want to...

For a long time, I thought the ten year myth – the idea that you had to be married for ten years to be entitled to a portion of the military retirement – was limited to military divorces only. Please note, of course, that I called it a MYTH. I didn’t realize that many civilians...