Marriage satisfaction was analyzed in to predict pro-divorce tendencies, taking into consideration gender, marriage seniority, and the wives’ and husbands’ similarity of marriage satisfaction evaluations. Marriages engaged in divorce proceedings (800 couples) were matched to a group of stable marriages (800 couples) with respect to marriage seniority, education, and number of children. Cantril’s Ladder was employed to examine marriage satisfaction at different stages of its duration. Partners from stable relationships presented similar satisfaction dynamics whereas for partners during divorce proceedings, satisfaction evaluations decreased with time and diverged (wives tended to be more dissatisfied than husbands). The dynamics of marriage satisfaction for women and men differ depending on their marriage status (stable vs. divorcing).