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Monday, September 12
During the past nine years, I have represented hundreds of clients in divorce cases. Most people want the assurance that the breakdown of their marriage was not entirely their own fault. In order to efficiently represent any client going through a divorce, I have to know all the details leading to the end of the relationship. Over the past few...
Monday, September 12
On Sept. 4, Herve, 95, and Lillian, 94, stood in front of the altar at Sacred Heart Church in Taftville and repeated the vows they made 75 years ago: to love, honor and cherish each other. Their son, Herve, was among the witnesses Sunday. He and his wife ...
Monday, September 12
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- A newlywed couple in southwest Ohio has put a twist on the idea of taking the plunge. Our partners at The Middletown Journal reported that Phil and Gail Mathis of Middletown wed Saturday afternoon on a plane 7,500 feet in the ...
Wednesday, September 07
Entering marriage with this mindset just about guarantees failure. Go into marriage with a strong sense of commitment. Not just to "stick it out." Commit to having the best possible marriage and to the growth of the other person. 2. Assume you ...
Wednesday, September 07
Real marriage is a lifetime, while the wedding remains simply ... Now, as you take care of me, please care for her." Brother, that's love. Sister, that's pageantry. And if someone would grant me $20 million to showcase that love on national ...
Wednesday, September 07
I know five couples getting married in the next three months. This may be completely coincidental. Or it could mean I might actually be the last living single person on the face of the earth. Or at least living in my neighborhood. Don't get me ...
Wednesday, August 17
"When you get into a marriage your conflict levels that you start with are likely going to persist over time," Claire Kamp Dush, lead author of research published in the Journal of Family Issues, said in a telephone interview. Kamp Dush, of Ohio State ...
Wednesday, August 17
The wedding cup that looks like a woman holding a swiveling cup above her head is showing up at modern wedding celebrations. The cup is used for a toast and as a trial for the bride and groom. According to tradition, the earliest swivel cups were made in ...
Wednesday, August 17
Marriages are lasting longer ... I'm sure it won't be all smooth sailing, but it's something we've spent a lot of time talking about and it's a commitment we haven't taken lightly.'' Madeleine Pulver has broken her silence for the first time since the ...
Friday, August 12
However, in many cultures, dating is not a way of life. A man or woman is brought together with a member of the opposite sex and goes straight to the issue of marriage without enough preliminary activity. Young single adults, especially in Africa ...Friday, August 12
"Relationships cannot exist as static unions, they need to be nurtured and grown in love." Elsewhere, Accord said numbers attending pre-marriage courses fell due to an expected fall in the number of weddings and the growing numbers of alternative providers ...
Friday, August 12
Much of the research on relationship stratification has focused on younger and middle-age couples rather than older adults. Coolidge and colleagues had 32 couples take surveys to assess their personality and how satisfied they were in their marriages.
Friday, August 12
Healthy relationships are something we all desire since we are innately designed to interact with others, be loved, love, and share experiences. The expectations and boundaries for defining a healthy relationship change as the level of commitment deepens.
Friday, August 12
The secret to a lasting relationship might be as valuable as discovering the fountain of youth. After all, studies show happily married people tend to have lower blood pressure and less depression. They live longer and report being happier than their ...
Tuesday, August 09
Co-habitation in any form should be honored as a personal preference and meeting current needs. However, as preparation of marriage, co-habitation as “staying over” or living together is an expression of ambivalence about the relationship or marriage. For some reason, our unconscious mind does not take our ambivalence seriously and thus...
Tuesday, August 09
Akron Couple Ties Knot After Very Public Proposal David Jones and Dee Horton have been living their own dream for several months after a fairy tale proposal.
Tuesday, August 09
Ones that overlook the crooked noses, bulging tummies or other physical attributes that might put others off. As a result, husbands and wives think their other halves are more attractive than they really are. The phenomenon could help explain some ...
Tuesday, August 09
As he recently wrote in the Huffington Post, for the first time in America's history, “fewer than half of the households in the United States are married couples.” Is marriage becoming obsolete, like horse-drawn carriages and typewriters? Not at all ...
Tuesday, August 09
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes ... cooking together? With 90 percent of bridal registries containing kitchen appliances, today's couples are thinking about the thousands of meals they'll share together. Many registries focus on appliances, as couples hope to complete cooking tasks quickly and easily, but they should also...
Monday, August 08
Long-term commitment isn't high on ... still play a large part of the glow that love can create. ''When we find another person who accepts us for who we are and wants the best for us, it gives us a sense of trust and safety,'' Fuller says.
Monday, August 08
Low body image and self-esteem blinds us to our own self-worth, which in turn can make us settle for a so-so relationship or give up on searching for love altogether. As part of our Love Starts Within spotlight, YourTango Experts sound in on how to stop ...Monday, August 08
Fortunately though, there was good news to report after the proposal.
Josh Mullin had no need for theatrics in asking his girlfriend to marry him. He planned the simple bended-knee approach – but he didn't plan for his proposal to be aired on live television.
Mullin had just disembarked Thursday morning at the Kansas City International...
Wednesday, August 03
And that scenario is even more likely when a couple's own parents ended up divorced or failed to provide a realistic model of a happy marriage. How to Save Your Family: Stoke the fires of marital optimism New research shows that the happiest marriages ...
Monday, August 01
We all have the drive to love and relationships are an integral part of our lives. (African-Americans) are now embracing new strategies because of all the dialogue around relationships," Brunson said. Brunson brought his popular speed-dating event to ...Monday, August 01
Understand that no one else can make you happy, Ms. Krasnow said. Only you can do that. "If we all left our marriages when they became unromantic, none of us would be married. The renewal has to spring from within." If this generation is expecting to stay ...
Monday, August 01
On one Saturday date night dinner, she grabbed onto the armrests and said she didn’t want to leave. Instead of pulling and prodding her, John just told the waitress the two lovebirds might be there awhile. When John and Pauline married, he was a clerk at ...
Monday, August 01
Lifting the Veil ProductionsFrankie Amaya and Meagan Gutierrez at Movies Under the Stars Meagan Gutierrez was expecting a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Frankie Amaya, at some point soon.But Wednesday was just a regular date night for the two as they...
Friday, July 29
My good friends Laura and Raj were married yesterday; today, they have very sensibly started their married life together with a seminar. The subject under discussion was prompted by the title of a book Laura once saw in a guesthouse in Scotland: How To Be Happy Though Married. Here surely is one of life's tougher challenges. How I wish I could...
Friday, July 29
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband is saying happy anniversary in a big way. Frederic Von Anhalt has taken out a billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles to celebrate the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. Beside the couple's wedding photo, it reads: "Prince ...
