Online Dating

In October 2013 the Pew Center released a report that found Americans are most comfortable looking for prospective partners online.  59 percent of those surveyed agreed that online dating was a good way to meet people. A major development in this new survey (the last one was in 2005) concerned the smartphone—which didn’t exist in […]

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 […]

Grey Divorce

Fifty years ago only 2.8 percent of Americans over fifty were divorced. This statistics has risen drastically over the years. In 2011, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 15.4 percent divorced and 2.1 percent were separated. While divorce rates have gone down, the divorce rates for people over 50 has doubled since 1990. […]

Dismantling a Marriage

No one gets married with divorce in their minds. Unhappily, statistics show that half of all marriages will end in divorce. Facing a divorce, and the end of a marriage, is a traumatic event. It has been equated to the death of a parent. It is a very sad time in one’s life. It is […]

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 […]

Be Thankful

Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.     —Oprah Winfrey

Mobile Dating

Miss USA is not the only one Tindering! Tinder has taken on a whole new meaning as iPhone dating services look to capture the busy lifestyles and short attention spans of singles. It is the fastest growing iPhone dating app, which uses GPS technology to locate potential mates. The app can pull your photo (easy […]

“Use It or Lose It”

A new study in 2013 of nearly half a million people in France backs up the theory “use it or lose it” when it comes to brainpower and staying mentally sharp. People who delay retirement have less risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other types dementia. It’s by far the largest study ever done on this […]