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study: Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:17:47 -0800

study: Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men:

A study of 10,000 Israelis found both bachelors and those in loveless marriages had a far higher risk of fatal stroke than happily married men. As a society we should invest in relationship support because happy relationships benefit us all by contributing to people’s wellbeing, increasing productivity at work and improving people’s health.

How can I tell if my marriage is in trouble, and what can I do...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:24:00 -0800

How can I tell if my marriage is in trouble, and what can I do to prevent breakup?

Sue Johnson identifies warning signs in a marriage and what you can do to prevent issues from destroying your relationship.

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Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:26:45 -0800

World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Questions Via...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:18:22 -0800

World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Questions Via Twitter!

The ‘Tweethearts’, from North Carolina, US, tied the knot in 1924. They have been married a whopping 85 years! You can find them on Twitter and Facebook.

Link: Mashable news

Iowa State sociologists find older adults turning to online...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:44:33 -0800

Iowa State sociologists find older adults turning to online options for love, marriage

The research found that spouses who met online are older and have much shorter courtships — averaging 18.5 months of dating before getting married by comparison to 42 months for those who met in more traditional ways offline. (Link)

The Marriage Ref Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:37:51 -0800

The Marriage Ref

Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the producer’s chair for a funny and revealing series about the unpredictable and hilarious institution we call marriage. Jerry has been out of the TV scene for 12 years and married for 10 years. I’m looking forward to the show. ;)

Link: @themarriageref

Modern Marriages: The Rise Of The Sugar Mama A study by the Pew...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:35:00 -0800

Modern Marriages: The Rise Of The Sugar Mama

A study by the Pew Research Center finds that there’s been a role reversal when it comes to men, women and the economics of marriage. ”We found that increasingly, women are more likely to marry husbands who have lower education levels than they do, and lower income levels than they do,” says D’Vera Cohn of the Pew Research Center. From 1970 to 2007, husbands whose wives earned more than they did jumped from 4 percent to 22 percent.

Special Report: The Science of Falling and Staying in Love About...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:47:00 -0800

Special Report: The Science of Falling and Staying in Love

About half of first marriages fail in the U.S., as do two thirds of second marriages and three quarters of third marriages. We fail in large part because we enter into relationships with poor skills for maintaining them and highly unrealistic expectations.

In the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Scientific American MIND Dr. Robert Epstein discusses how science can help you fall in love and stay there.

Download: full PDF article

related: Smart Marriages resources

Drunk 4-Year-Old Boy Steals Christmas The boy followed his...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:55:00 -0800

Drunk 4-Year-Old Boy Steals Christmas

The boy followed his father’s footsteps and was found wandering the streets at 1:45 am drinking a beer. ”He runs away trying to find his father,” said his mother. “He wants to get in trouble so he can go to jail because that’s where his daddy is.”

Can watching porn hurt my relationship? The Family Research...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:36 -0800

Can watching porn hurt my relationship?

The Family Research Council released a new study Wednesday that comprehensively details the effects of pornography on marriages, children, communities and individuals.

Full report: PDF

Facebook, Twitter, and Wedding Ceremony! Dana Hanna updates his...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:39:27 -0800

Facebook, Twitter, and Wedding Ceremony!

Dana Hanna updates his Facebook and Twitter, at the altar. Without his bride Tracy knowing he was going to do it. [source: TechCrunch]

Any guesses what some of their marriage quarrels will be about?

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) just released Mama Says: A...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:08:00 -0800

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) just released Mama Says: A National Survey of Moms’ Attitudes on Fathering, the first-ever national survey taking an in-depth look at how today’s mothers view fathers and fatherhood.

Top findings:

:: 93% of moms believe there is a father absence crisis.
:: Most moms think dad is replaceable.
:: Married moms were happier with dads’ performance than unmarried moms.

(Download full report)

Video

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:24:18 -0800

Scott Stanley, author of Fighting for your Marriage, and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies and a research professor of psychology at the University of Denver will be available to discuss your questions about dating, marriage and divorce at 3 p.m. ET, Tuesday. The conversation will be moderated virtually at that time.

How does technology enable intimacy? Technology anthropologist...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0800

How does technology enable intimacy?

Technology anthropologist Stefana Broadbent analyzes how we text, IM and talk. At the TED conference in July 2009, she described how these new methods of communication are helping us break out of old institutions and bringing us closer together than ever before.

Fact Sheet: Marriage Among Asian Americans All Asian ethnic...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:16:00 -0700

Fact Sheet: Marriage Among Asian Americans

All Asian ethnic groups living in the U.S. have a greater than 60 percent marriage rate. Asians marrying non-Hispanic Whites comprise the greatest proportion of intermarriages in the United States. Of Asians living in the U.S. who intermarry, about 75 percent are women. More than 50 percent of the Asians in the U.S. live in three states: California New York and Texas.

Download: PDF fact sheet

Air Force Marriages: Forget everything you thought you knew

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:32:00 -0700

Air Force Marriages: Forget everything you thought you knew:

Forget everything you thought you knew about marriage and divorce in the Air Force. Most of it isn’t true. An analysis by Air Force Times of the service’s marriage and divorce statistics turned up surprising conclusions. Many defy easy explanation. Female airmen are two to three times more likely than male airmen to be divorced and are less likely to be married. Of the active-duty force, 66.6 percent of men and 63.2 percent of women have been or are married, and 5.3 percent of men and 12.5 percent of women are divorced. Among the general population, 9.2 percent of men and 11.6 percent of women were divorced as of 2007, again the latest data available from the Census Bureau. Women are the only group in the Air Force that has a higher divorce percentage than in the rest of the U.S.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:31:57 -0700

Australia: What's the real story behind increase in marriages?

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:20:46 -0700

Australia: What's the real story behind increase in marriages?:

It seemed like good news on marriage last year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported a record number of registered marriages since 1989 and a 10 per cent drop in divorce numbers since 1999. The reality is that marital relationships have never been more unstable in Australia. The number of marriages has increased because the population has grown. However, the proportion of married people has not really changed. To get a true picture of the situation concerning divorce, we need to take account of the fact more and more couples (about 1.2 million) have entered cohabiting, or de facto, relationships. The ABS refers to those in registered marriages together with those in cohabiting, or de facto, relationships as the “socially married”. We know from surveys (in the absence of official statistics) that de facto relationships break up much more frequently than formal marriages. But because these break-ups are not officially registered as divorces, the rate of break-up of the socially married is not represented in the ABS figures. If they were, the rate of separation of the socially married would be higher than the formal divorce statistics.

"If you’re certain you’re right, you’re probably wrong. Certainty is an emotional..."

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:54:10 -0700

“If you’re certain you’re right, you’re probably wrong. Certainty is an emotional state, not an intellectual one. If you feel certain that you are right and your partner is wrong, you are most likely ignoring, misunderstanding, misinterpreting, or undermining his/her perspective.”

- Steven Stosny, Ph.D. [link: full post]

New Zealand: Why Marriage Matters Report released highlighting...

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:25:00 -0700

New Zealand: Why Marriage Matters

Report released highlighting the benefits of marriage has been released in New Zealand. The report was commissioned by Family First NZ and FamilyLife NZ in conjunction with a number of family organisations in Australia including the Australian Family Association, Family Voice Australia and Dads4Kids and is an update of the report originally released in the US in 2002. [PDF report: 21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters]