In the survey that questioned 4000 British married couples, one in four couples (26 percent) admitted feeling once or twice that they had made the wrong decision in getting married, 19 percent felt this way sometimes, and 6 percent said that they spent most of the time feeling they had made a mistake.

The most popular reason for lamenting marriage was the loss of independence, while over a fifth of those experiencing regret blamed the monotony of married life.