I just read an interesting piece in The Economist about how while most couples heading to Vegas think of the Elvis Chapel, on July 7, 2007 many will be heading to the world’s wedding capital in hopes of having a lucky marriage (7-7-7). In fact it’s supposed to be one of the busiest marriage seasons [...]
StayHappilyMarried.com has an interesting article on how to repair an affair. This site has lots of great resources for couples wanting to stay together.
Author Mira Krishenbaum believes couples divorce not because of their irreconcilable differences, but because they don’t spend enough quality time together. She speaks all about this in her book, The Weekend Marriage: Abundant Love in a Time-Starved World, which has received some very positive reviews.
Krishenbaum’s view goes against some who feel that when couples [...]
Making divorce harder just might have adverse effects. An Oklahoma lawmaker is trying to curtail the state’s high divorce rate by making it harder for couples to split. The new law would completely ban incompatibility as grounds for divorce. Many experts believe covenant marriage will not reduce the high divorce rates, but rather make divorce [...]
Are people choosing to stay in loveless marriages instead of divorcing? Perhaps staying together is easier than breaking up. There are a lot of long term negative effects to staying with a spouse you no longer love. How do you adequately weigh the costs vs. the benefits of staying together in a loveless marriage vs. [...]
Some experts say marriage lowers your stress levels and reduces your heart-failure rate. But when you add in the stress of the in-laws, children, and everything else that marriage brings with it-good or bad-some believe single people tend to be healthier than their married counterparts. I personally think you are better off in a healthy [...]