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 […]

Family Estate Planning

Few people plan to die young—and almost everyone assumes they will live a relatively long time. Nothing brings reality into sharper focus than hearing about a family who suffers financially as a result of poor financial or estate planning. The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2014, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, brings this […]

Senior Love

Often after the death of a spouse or a divorce, seniors find themselves in love again. But is marriage necessary? For financial reasons, many older couples make the decision to live together, but not get married. A partner who remarries stands to lose social security or a survivor’s pension. She (or he) may also lose […]

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 […]

Amateur Matchmakers

You can earn money being an amateur matchmaker! Marriage Material.co which launched the beginning of 2014 will pay amateur matchmakers for pairing their friends and relatives with the site’s singles. If you see someone whom you think someone you know would be a match, you can suggest they go on a date. In return the […]

Divorce After Adoption

No one gets married with divorce in mind.  So when a couple decides to adopt children, divorce is definitely not in their plans.  But life happens and sometimes a marriage just isn’t working, and the only thing to do is to get a divorce. When adoptive parents decide to get a divorce, it is the […]

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 […]