A Baby or A Doggie

Have you ever wondered why playgrounds are so empty and dog runs are packed—a new report has the answer. More and more American women are foregoing motherhood and getting their maternal gratification by owning a small dog. The business news site Quartz reported that data from the Centers for Disease Control shows that a big […]

Marriage and Divorce

Groucho Marx once said “Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.”  But choosing not to get married doesn’t mean you won’t ever go through a painful breakup, it does mean that you won’t have to get a divorce if it happens. Divorce rates are decreasing because marriage rates are decreasing. Many couples decide to live […]

Financial Infidelity

According to an NEFE  (National Endowment for Financial Education) study, a record 1 in 3 American is cheating on his or her spouse. This infidelity is financial, but it can be just as devastating as any other betrayal. From secret credit-card spending on fine dining to luxury items (including clothes and jewelry), beauty treatments (a […]

Falling In Love

When you fall in love, “liking” and “lusting” are two factors that are in play. Like and lust diminish over time, but at different rates. According to studies, liking declines at a rate of 3 percent a year, while lusting deteriorates faster at 8 percent a year. If you really like the person, more than […]

Cheaters and Infidelity

Do men really cheat on their spouses more than women do—or do they just get caught more often?  Men have always been the ones who are tagged as the “cheaters”—but today the genders are almost equally unfaithful—23% for men and 19% for women according to a professor of family relations at a University in Ontario. The […]

Co-Parenting

Being a parent is the hardest job in the world, especially in today’s world. Try throwing a divorce into the mix and it is really gets complicated. When you are married, you usually agree on how to parent your children—but when you are divorced everything can be a battle. So many co-parenting problems come down […]

The Marriage Dilemma

There are many reasons why the marriage rate has dropped drastically in the United States, and one may be the student-loan debt. A person who has graduated from a private university and borrowed money to pay his or her tuition could owe as much as $200,000. After graduating many cannot get a job and have […]

Why Marry?

It is common knowledge that marriage is risky mainly because the divorce rate, though down from its peak of one in two marriages in the early 1980’s, remains high. Besides, you can live a perfectly respectable life today without getting married. Having children outside of wedlock has also become common. Even so, it’s surprising how […]