January Is The Divorce Month

April is not the worst month of the year (because of taxes), but January is. It is the month when many marriages end. The start of the new year brings with it about a one-third increase in divorce filings. The reason is that families decide to stay together over the holidays. According to eDivorcePapers.com, January […]

Why Marriages Fail

The wedding may be the ending of some fairy tales, but it’ supposed to be the beginning of a long, happy life together. In a recent survey of 4,000 divorced adults between the ages of 18 and 60, that was one bit of information that came out. Since the 1970’s the percentage of Americans who […]

Financial Security or Marriage?

Though marriage was once a steppingstone to economic stability, young adults now see financial stability as a prerequisite for marriage. According to a recent Pew survey, more than a quarter of those who say they want to marry someday, say they haven’t because they are not financially secure. If you go back a generation or […]

Social Media Self-Censorship

According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, people who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely to share their opinions of hot issues. The study which was done in conjunction with Rutgers University challenges the view of social media as a vehicle for debate by suggesting that sites like Facebook and Twitter […]

Protecting Your Personal Data

Recently we heard that hundreds of millions of email addresses and other types of personal identification was found to be in the hands of Russian hackers. Scary. Here are some common sense steps you can take to keep the impact of hackers to a minimum. First, how would you know if your personal information is […]

New Dating Apps

There are a lot of new dating apps that are more modern in their concepts than the old ones: Tinder is for anyone who wishes they could just talk to people they find attractive in a bar, but without having to go to a bar.  Tinder started as a hook-up app but has become into […]

Flirting Can Be Fun

If you are a woman, flirting definitely works when you want something from someone—because feminine charm works as an advantage. When you smile, look at the person, lean forward and even touch the person’s arm, you will usually get what you want from that person—as opposed to being polite, serious and direct. Flirting can be […]

Power and Greed

“Once a man has seized power, his love of money displays exactly the same characteristics as gangrene, for gangrene, once established in a body, never rests until it has invaded and corrupted the whole of it.”  —Anna Comnena