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“Singles” don’t count in today’s society. Being single in a married world is not easy. Policies favor couples, but single people tend to offer more to society. Social scientists and researchers say the plight of the American single person is cause for growing concern. According to the Census Bureau, about 100 million Americans, nearly half of […]
Now that same-sex marriage has gotten over a major hurdle and passed in New York State in 2011, the biggest hurdle will be getting it to become a “law of the land.” On the surface it seems that gay couples will be on even footing with heterosexual married couples—but that is not the case. Same-sex married […]
According to a recent study by the University of Michigan, married couples who deal with their problems by calmly working them out together are less likely to get divorced than those who keep their troubles bottled up, scream at each other or walk away. Of course, you have to want to save your marriage. Some […]
Baby boomers were responsible for the highest divorce rate in history—22.8 per 1,000 married couples in 1979 compared to 3.5 per 1,000 in 2008. Nearly a third of divorces, according to the most recent census, are among people who have been married 20 to 40 years. They have been called the greatest divorcing generation in […]
Some married couples have decided to draw a red line through their financial houses. They are splitting their portfolios, opening separate accounts and investing separately. Often these spouses just want to pursue different goals—one may have a more conservative style of investing and the other may have a more aggressive approach. Since the crash, the number of couples […]
Pre-prenups also known as cohabition agreements or cohabs are the latest thing. It’s a dating prenup which has contractual guidelines for relationships and relation-splits. People want to protect themselves, their property and their pets in case of a break-up. They are particularly common in New York where common-law marriages aren’t recognized and unmarried couples are […]
