Posts Tagged: marriage
Go Ahead – Talk Politics and God
Voter registration cards may offer more insight into who people promise to love and cherish than personality or appearance, new research suggests. Most people marry those whose political views align with their own, according to a study from Rice University
Go Ahead – Talk Politics and God
Voter registration cards may offer more insight into who people promise to love and cherish than personality or appearance, new research suggests. Most people marry those whose political views align with their own, according to a study from Rice University
The Importance of Gifts
Happy Valentine’s Day people! Allen Parkman studies why some people stay together and other divorce. His paper “The Importance of Gifts in Marriage,” begins by noting, as other researchers had, that unlike people in his parents’ generation, those marrying more
The Importance of Gifts
Happy Valentine’s Day people! Allen Parkman studies why some people stay together and other divorce. His paper “The Importance of Gifts in Marriage,” begins by noting, as other researchers had, that unlike people in his parents’ generation, those marrying more
The Tanning of America Continues
The Pew analysis found that among newly married couples, 14.6 percent were mixed in 2008, compared with 11.2 percent in 2000 and 8.3 percent in 1990. (Among all people currently married, 8 percent of marriages were mixed in 2008, compared
The Tanning of America Continues
The Pew analysis found that among newly married couples, 14.6 percent were mixed in 2008, compared with 11.2 percent in 2000 and 8.3 percent in 1990. (Among all people currently married, 8 percent of marriages were mixed in 2008, compared
Marital Harmony
Published in 2005 in The Archives of General Psychiatry, the Glasers’ findings help explain epidemiological data showing that couples in troubled marriages appear to be more susceptible to illness than happier couples. The results may also have practical relevance for
Marital Harmony
Published in 2005 in The Archives of General Psychiatry, the Glasers’ findings help explain epidemiological data showing that couples in troubled marriages appear to be more susceptible to illness than happier couples. The results may also have practical relevance for
Modern Marriage
Modern American marriage was the subject of this article in the Christian Science Monitor this week. Some interesting stats contained within: Only 50 or 60 percent of Americans say that adultery would be an automatic deal breaker for their marriage,
Modern Marriage
Modern American marriage was the subject of this article in the Christian Science Monitor this week. Some interesting stats contained within: Only 50 or 60 percent of Americans say that adultery would be an automatic deal breaker for their marriage,
Baby Let’s Not Fight
An average couple has 135 tiffs a year, a new UK study has found. According to the survey by Esure home insurance, couples spend 40 minutes a day on average arguing about household chores. And the biggest cause of domestic
Baby Let’s Not Fight
An average couple has 135 tiffs a year, a new UK study has found. According to the survey by Esure home insurance, couples spend 40 minutes a day on average arguing about household chores. And the biggest cause of domestic
We Americans Love the Idea of Marriage
What we say and what we do – often they do not sync up. I was reading a couple of articles by Sandra Tsing Loh in the Atlantic, following up on the thread of how she was crucified earlier this
We Americans Love the Idea of Marriage
What we say and what we do – often they do not sync up. I was reading a couple of articles by Sandra Tsing Loh in the Atlantic, following up on the thread of how she was crucified earlier this
The Job Crunch and Falling Housing Market Cocktail
Even before the recession struck last year, there was ample evidence of an increase in “long-distance” coupling due to work demands – and also crucially, I think, due to a belief or trust that technology can lessen the feelings of
The Job Crunch and Falling Housing Market Cocktail
Even before the recession struck last year, there was ample evidence of an increase in “long-distance” coupling due to work demands – and also crucially, I think, due to a belief or trust that technology can lessen the feelings of
Online Dating
Apparently, this guy did. In 2005. Remember the “Shift Happens” presentation? The wiki that grew out of it has a log of many, many versions that I have now spent over an hour twiddling through. I might even be inspired
Online Dating
Apparently, this guy did. In 2005. Remember the “Shift Happens” presentation? The wiki that grew out of it has a log of many, many versions that I have now spent over an hour twiddling through. I might even be inspired
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