Still Single?

If you are a woman and still single and wondering why—here are some possible reasons: If you are living in New York City, the odds of meeting an eligible man are not in your favor. In Manhattan there are 38 percent more young female college grads than male. And nine to twelve percent are gay […]

Personal Data and Hackers

Recently hundreds of millions of email addresses and other types of personal identification were found in the hands of Russian hackers. Here are some steps you can take to keep the impact of hackers to a minimum: 1. You should assume that your personal information is part of the stolen data. The wisest thing to […]

Cohabiting Before Marriage

Cohabiting before marriage may be the “kiss of death”—or divorce. What are the odds that you’d be in this relationship if you weren’t living together? The more you get to know your possible future spouse before you live together, the better chance you have of breaking up with the wrong person and finding the right […]

Is Your Significant Other A Stranger?

How well do you really know your significant other? According to a recent poll in the Wall Street Journal, more people are employing private investigators to check the backgrounds of their fiancé before their tie the knot. “Investigators across the nation say business has boomed in recent years from clients who want their sweethearts investigated […]

Declining Divorce Rate

Even though you continue to read about the rising divorce rate, the divorce surge is over—it is no longer true that the divorce rate is rising, or that half of all marriages end in divorce. Actually, this has been true for some time. Marriages in the United States are stronger than they have ever been. […]

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 […]