In March 2017 the Pew Research Center came out with new divorce statistics. At a time when divorce is becoming less common for younger adults, the divorce rate for older adults ages 50 and older (grey divorce) has gone up 109%! That means the divorce rate has almost doubled for older adults since the 1990’s. […]
The Chinese have an interesting way of dealing with this. Cheating husbands have fueled a new industry in China. Mistress-dispelling services, which are increasingly common in China’s larger cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou, specialize in ending affairs between married men and their extramarital lovers. They are typically hired by a wife who has found out […]
What happened to chivalry? A new app Venmo.com founded by Paypal and popular with millennials, isn’t just letting someone split cab fares or bills, it’s allowing your date to bill you for half of the check when he takes you to dinner! You may think you had a lovely evening, until you get a bill […]
Recent studies by the University of Padova and the National Research Council’s Institute of Neuroscience in Italy, contradict the long-held view that a good marriage is good for your health—lowering the risk of heart attacks and depression and increasing the chances of surviving cancer. Among older women, those who are single (divorced or widowed) experience […]