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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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
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 […]