Has anyone married their high school sweetheart?

According to Brandon Gaille Marketing, 25 percent of people are marrying their high school sweethearts today compared with those in the 1940s. Today, only 2 percent of marriages are from a high school relationship, with only 25 percent of women saying that they married their first love.

Are high school sweethearts more likely to get divorced?

Only 19 percent of people who marry their high school sweethearts attend college, compared to nearly 70 percent for the general population. On the flip side, divorce rates within the first 10 years for high school sweethearts (54 percent) were much higher than the average American couple (32 percent).