Marriage

Obese Men Have Less Chance To Get Married
by eNotAlone.com
According to the new report that was presented this week at an international conference on obesity in Amsterdam, men who were extremely overweight at the age of 18 years, were 50 per cent less likely to get married by reaching their 30s and 40s.

Can A Child's Behavior Ruin A Marriage?
by eNotAlone.com
For many years, scientists have investigated how parental conflicts and relationship problems, in general, can influence a child's well-being. Much less attention has been paid to the opposite question

Dealing With Jealousy
by eNotAlone.com
Jealousy is one of the most destabilizing of all emotions. It can be defined as a person's fears and anxieties around attention that they think is being given to or received by the one who is dear and important to them.

Men With Younger Wives Live Longer
by eNotAlone.com
According to a new and very interesting population statistics, a man who marries a woman 15 to 17 years younger, decreases his chances of dying early by 20 per cent. The study also found that a man may reduce his risk of premature death by 11 per cent

Childhood Photos Predict Happy Marriage Or A Divorce
by eNotAlone.com
Psychologists came up with a new evidence that a successful marriage or a divorce may depend on how much people smiled in old family photographs. Scientists at DePauw University in Indiana, USA, say that it is quite possible to predict whose marriage will

Married Couples Disagree On Retirement Finances
by eNotAlone.com
Fidelity Investments' second Couples Retirement Study, first time conducted in 2007, has revealed that despite two years of crisis in the economy and financial instability, married couples have done very little in order to improve their communication

Marital Satisfaction Depends On Perception
by eNotAlone.com
A new Northwestern University study suggests that dating couples who include marriage in their future plans will experience higher relationship satisfaction if they believe that a partner will always be there to support them after they tie the knot.

Romantic Love Can Last Forever
by eNotAlone.com
Romance does not necessarily have to fade away in the long-term relationships and transform into a friendship-type love, according to a new study. Romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to even happier, stronger and healthier relationships.

Secrets Of A Happy Marriage
by eNotAlone.com
To maintain a happy marriage is far more complicated than most couples realize. Marital researchers have found that couples who help each other cope with stressful situations outside the marriage have much stronger, healthier and happier relationships

More Unmarried Women Are Having Babies
by eNotAlone.com
The number of women in their 20s and 30s, who give birth to babies without being married, has sharply increased in the United States, according to the latest report from the U.S. officials.

Strain In Marriage? Blame The Kids
by eNotAlone.com
There is now a scientific confirmation of what many married couples and parents have been aware of for years - having a child comes with a cost of a drastic strain in a relationship and a sudden drop in marital bliss.

Deciding On Marriage Counseling
by eNotAlone.com
Marriage counseling is becoming more and more popular these days. Many couples going through a tough time in their marriage automatically consider marriage therapy as a possible way to help the relationship survive.

Good Sleep Can Improve Marriage
by eNotAlone.com
According to the results of the two latest studies, being stably married may improve your sleep, and a good night's sleep may, in turn, improve your marriage. The research from an 8-year study found that women who are married or who have a good and stable

Feeling Dull And Bored Can Be Fatal For Marriage
by eNotAlone.com
According to the researchers from the Stony brook University, USA, problems do not hurt a marriage to that extent as do dullness and feeling bored, which can lead, in turn, to significantly less marital satisfaction, even seven years later.

Bad Marriage Affects Women More Than Men
by eNotAlone.com
Stressful marriage turns out to increase only women's risk of heart problems, a new study claims. According to experts it is women, and not men, that are the ones to suffer from increased levels of blood pressure, obesity and cholesterol

Maintaining A Strong Relationship
by eNotAlone.com
Every relationship is unique, complex and multi-dimensional, and every person has his own way of understanding and feeling if a relationship is or is not right for him. Most of us want to fall in love, be in love and stay in love forever.

Recipe for a Healthy Relationship
by Alina Ruigrok
A healthy relationship is when you and your partner can be yourselves, be honest with each other, be patient, accept one another, be kind and remembering to be thoughtful. With an open and caring relationship like this, your love is sure to grow and grow

The Three Levels of Soul Mates
by Joseph Ghabi
rom my own personal experience of being involved in certain relationships, I have come to realize there are three different levels of Soul Mates. We discussed Soul Mates in a previous article of mine, Soul Mates - Do they really exists now we should

Women's Complaints about Men and Men's Complaints about Women
by Robert Elias Najemy
Throughout 30 years of working with couples and groups, I have observed that women have the following complaints about men. Women's Complaints about Men. 1. They are not understanding enough. 2. They are not sensitive to feelings and needs

Getting Enough Attention
by Tony Schirtzinger; ACSW, CICSW
"HE'S ONLY DOING IT FOR THE ATTENTION" What a ridiculous statement! Getting attention is VITAL for all of us. As infants we would actually die if we didn't get enough attention, and as adults we are miserable and can actually go crazy i