Marriage
Sad Findings: Companion Love Isn't the Key to Marriage
We've always been told if we could turn romantic love into companion love, then marriage might just be happily ever after. But now more and more scientists agree that companion love is not the answer to a happy marriage; staying madly in love is!
A UC Santa Barbara study looked at brain scans of couples who claimed to be madly in love after 20 years of marriage and compared them to couples newly in love.
Could You Wed a Man Who Wouldn't Forsake All Others?
"I do... err, I will... if we could just cross that one tiny little line out."
Should the Government Be Advertising Marriage?
At first, I laughed at these marriage ads — turn me into we! — from Utah. The state is about 60 percent Mormon, so it's no surprise there are ads extolling the virtues of marriage.
Helen Gurley Brown's Secrets to a Successful Marriage
After 50 years of marriage, Helen Gurley Brown's husband, David Brown, died yesterday. While he was a notable writer, editor, and producer, his toughest, most rewarding job may have been his successful marriage to the woman who brought sex to the masses.
Despite the make-yourself populism Helen peddled to women each month in Cosmo, she credited her success to her husband in 2008, saying, "I owe him everything.
Alternative Polygamy: Two Husbands
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There has been a fair bit in the news of late about polygamy.
Settling vs. Compromising: They're Not the Same
Picky. Standards. The right one.
Rebranding Divorce as a Reason to Party
Take a vacation, buy a new wardrobe, or find a therapist. Even get some friends together and have a dinner party, but don't put on a sash that says "It's All About Me" and throw a divorce party.
With divorce party planners, there are parties that go as far as having bands, caterers, and cakes as elaborate as the tiered, white cakes of weddings.
Tax Tip For Married Couples
Filing jointly isn't necessarily the best option for you and your spouse, even if you have promised to be there in sickness and in health. The goal is to collectively pay the least amount of taxes possible, so run the numbers for both filing scenarios before settling.
Couples may benefit from separate filing if one of you had large medical expenses, high business expenses, or if one of you had significant theft losses.
Prince William on Marriage: Wait and See
When it comes to marriage, Prince William has a big decision to make as does his potential wife. Whoever he proposes to will likely be the Queen of England one day with all the glamour, tradition, and stress that comes with it. Perhaps it's this pressure that's causing the royal looker and his girlfriend Kate Middleton to advance somewhat slowly toward marriage.
Are There No Victims in Unhappy Marriages?
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of perennial presidential candidate John Edwards, has endured a PR crisis since publishing her book, Resilience, last year. Gone is the saintly image of the woman who does nothing but give and gets nothing but the death of a child, cancer, and a philandering husband in return. In its place are accusations that's she's a crazy fame seeker with the grossest disparity between her public and private image.
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