If you believe everything the media says, you’d be forgiven for thinking that marriage is on the way out, with commitment a dirty word. However, research from the Healthy Marriage Resource Centre amongst 18-30 year-olds suggests that four in five do still want to get married and stay married. At […]
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There’s nothing like a bit of tech sex to sell tabloid newspapers, so the recent report that a wife wants to divorce her husband because he took part in virtual gay sex in the online game Second Life isn’t much of a surprise. I reported on the threat of virtual […]
Having a baby won’t save a bad marriage. In fact, some couples report reduced satisfaction in the relationship with their partner after starting a family. That may sound depressing, even fatalistic, but the truth is that parents who plan a family and collaborate with parenting are much less likely to […]
When it came to commitment, I could not leave it out because it is the most important thing in a relationship or marriage. So, I had to make room for it. What is commitment? So many people are looking and searching for their soul mate. You see it everywhere, people […]
Gary Neuman has written a book for women. The Truth About Cheating: Why Men Stray and What You Can Do to Prevent It is a “relationship advice manual” that’s “dedicated to helping wives”. While I haven’t read the book, Marie Claire magazine suggests that the main thrust of the book […]
Magazines aimed at young men, often featuring pictures of scantily-clad women and light articles about sex and sexual encounters, are contributing to irresponsible behaviour and the breakdown of family and society, according to the Shadow Education Secretary, Michael Gove. Suggesting that they simply offer “instant-hit hedonism” during a speech on […]
Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie are both enticing a number of high-profile publications who want the right to print the first photos of their babies. Marie Claire reports: A bidding war has erupted between OK! and People magazine for the first pictures of Christina’s son Max Liron, and the asking […]
Marie Claire speculates that Gwneth Paltrow may be pregnant: The New York Daily News is reporting that Paltrow was taken to the hospital by husband Chris Martin because she is pregnant with her third child. A source revealed to the paper that Paltrow spent time in the maternity wing of […]
Pope Benedict has sent a message to the head of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, as the cities of Pistoia and Pisa mark the 45th Social Week, asserting that respect for life and the protection of marriage and the family are human values. The theme for this year’s […]
Professionals who offer advice to people in financial difficulty state how important it is to maintain active and open communication with those with whom you have a financial relationship with. This is usually taken to mean creditors, your mortgage lender, your bank, and your landlord, but if you are married […]
A report by the Law Commission calls for unwed couples to have more legal rights. It claims that most couples living together still believe they are protected by a “common law” marriage, when in fact this isn’t true. The report calls for a financial value to be put on the […]
This may sound obvious to some, but a new study suggests that the rate of relational and marital breakup was higher amongst those whose parents had divorced. The study looked at other factors, such as genetics or parental substance abuse, but found that divorce itself was a key factor that […]