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via Oprah: Recession-Proof Your Marriage
Click though image to view video clip of the couple’s marriage counseling session featured on the show. Communication problems NOT money problems led to demise of marriage. // Related: Smart Marriages

via Oprah: Recession-Proof Your Marriage

Click though image to view video clip of the couple’s marriage counseling session featured on the show. Communication problems NOT money problems led to demise of marriage. // Related: Smart Marriages


Divorced but living together
It’s a devastating scenario but the recession has left many with no choice. A glimpse at the life of opera singer Cassandra Manning, 44, and her husband Jeremy, 47, a health service manager, made the painful decision to divorce. For the past year, the couple, who have a nine-year-old son, Aidan, have had to live together because of the credit crunch and not being able to sell their home. (Read full article)
How many others are living like the Mannings? and What are the adverse effects on the the children? 

Divorced but living together

It’s a devastating scenario but the recession has left many with no choice. A glimpse at the life of opera singer Cassandra Manning, 44, and her husband Jeremy, 47, a health service manager, made the painful decision to divorce. For the past year, the couple, who have a nine-year-old son, Aidan, have had to live together because of the credit crunch and not being able to sell their home. (Read full article)

How many others are living like the Mannings? and What are the adverse effects on the the children? 


UK: Couples turn to counseling to avoid cost of divorce
The recession could just about be the best thing to have happened to one of the most troubled institutions of recent years: marriage. In a desperate bid to avoid the high costs of divorce, relationship counsellors are reporting that couples are turning to marriage guidance in huge numbers. (Read full article)

UK: Couples turn to counseling to avoid cost of divorce

The recession could just about be the best thing to have happened to one of the most troubled institutions of recent years: marriage. In a desperate bid to avoid the high costs of divorce, relationship counsellors are reporting that couples are turning to marriage guidance in huge numbers. (Read full article)


UK: Recession sees marriage rate rise
Professor Cary Cooper, a social scientist at Lancaster University, said: “The increase in marriages makes sense. If you’re feeling insecure, as people are now, then you are going to want to try to bring some stability to their lives. Article Link: Read more

UK: Recession sees marriage rate rise

Professor Cary Cooper, a social scientist at Lancaster University, said: “The increase in marriages makes sense. If you’re feeling insecure, as people are now, then you are going to want to try to bring some stability to their lives. Article Link: Read more


Economist Points to Families as an Answer to Recession
During her address today at the 6th World Meeting of Families, underway in Mexico City,  Maria Sophia Aguirre, a professor in the department of economics at Washington, D.C.’s Catholic University of America noted: ”The breakdown of the family damages the economy and society since human, moral and social capital is reduced and social costs increase,” (Read full article)

Economist Points to Families as an Answer to Recession

During her address today at the 6th World Meeting of Families, underway in Mexico City,  Maria Sophia Aguirre, a professor in the department of economics at Washington, D.C.’s Catholic University of America noted: ”The breakdown of the family damages the economy and society since human, moral and social capital is reduced and social costs increase,” (Read full article)


Research finds people more likely to argue about money in bed
Dr Sheila Keegan, a chartered psychologist with consultancy Campbell Keegan,    said the results demonstrated the need for honesty within relationships.
“There are also husbands and wives who still haven’t told each other    about debts or savings they have kept hidden after years of marriage.”
Social psychologist Dr Alicia Renedo added: “For women it is natural to    want openness about money in a relationship and for both men and women it is    important to be able to manage money at all times, not just at the bank.” (Read full article)

Research finds people more likely to argue about money in bed

Dr Sheila Keegan, a chartered psychologist with consultancy Campbell Keegan, said the results demonstrated the need for honesty within relationships.

“There are also husbands and wives who still haven’t told each other about debts or savings they have kept hidden after years of marriage.”

Social psychologist Dr Alicia Renedo added: “For women it is natural to want openness about money in a relationship and for both men and women it is important to be able to manage money at all times, not just at the bank.” (Read full article)


Will the Market Kill Your Marriage?


Recession and divorce, it is said, go together like carriage and horse. Those who labor in Splitsville have several explanations for why that might be. 

“Recessions tend to raise divorce rates,” says economist Gary Becker. “But you won’t see a pandemic.” Census Bureau figures show that over the past 2 1/2 decades, recessions have had only minor effects on divorce rates, which have been slowly waning since the early ’80s after 20 years of steadily rising. 

(click through picture for full Times article)

Will the Market Kill Your Marriage?

  • Recession and divorce, it is said, go together like carriage and horse. Those who labor in Splitsville have several explanations for why that might be. 
  • “Recessions tend to raise divorce rates,” says economist Gary Becker. “But you won’t see a pandemic.” Census Bureau figures show that over the past 2 1/2 decades, recessions have had only minor effects on divorce rates, which have been slowly waning since the early ’80s after 20 years of steadily rising. 
  • (click through picture for full Times article)