Facebook, Twitter, and Wedding Ceremony!
Dana Hanna updates his Facebook and Twitter, at the altar. Without his bride Tracy knowing he was going to do it. [source: TechCrunch]
Any guesses what some of their marriage quarrels will be about?
Archives For marriages
Link: Australia: What’s the real story behind increase in marriages?
It seemed like good news on marriage last year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported a record number of registered marriages since 1989 and a 10 per cent drop in divorce numbers since 1999. The reality is that marital relationships have never been more unstable in Australia. The number of marriages has increased because the population has grown. However, the proportion of married people has not really changed. To get a true picture of the situation concerning divorce, we need to take account of the fact more and more couples (about 1.2 million) have entered cohabiting, or de facto, relationships. The ABS refers to those in registered marriages together with those in cohabiting, or de facto, relationships as the “socially married”. We know from surveys (in the absence of official statistics) that de facto relationships break up much more frequently than formal marriages. But because these break-ups are not officially registered as divorces, the rate of break-up of the socially married is not represented in the ABS figures. If they were, the rate of separation of the socially married would be higher than the formal divorce statistics.
Do You Need a Marital Checkup?
“The qualities of a person’s marriage and the extent to which they are doing well in that marriage have a dramatic effect on physical health and mental health.” (click photo for article.)
An annual tuneup could improve your relationship, but a marriage education program, marital retreat, or date nights can prove a worthy first resort before therapy.
Should we rush into therapy as a first option?
Splitting their world in two
MORE THAN 100 families separate every week in the Republic and that rate is on the increase. For the children involved, it is the end of family life as they know it.
Parental separation is not an event but a process, Good points out. “Teenagers are confused as to what is expected of them in the whole process, because they are not an adult and they are not a child.
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Interesting trend in Jamaica: Young women under 25 years old outnumber all other age groups petitioning for divorce. Who wants to take Marriage Enrichment to Jamaica?
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After three years of research, one local Gainesville, Florida woman has designed a course that teaches the skills, knowledge and tools for being healthy in love. Enter:Drivers Ed for Love. Is the name of the program a bit outdated? For more youth relationship programs click through picture.
