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Can Daily Sex Lower Divorce Rates?

More frequent sexual relations can help couples improve their communication and remember why they are together.

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“Boomerang Couples” Need to Stop Playing Around to Avoid Divorce

If couples break up and then reunite without working through past issues, the same problems are bound to occur again. The prevalence of social media also makes it more difficult for people to make a clean break from an old lover.

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Negative Behaviors That Are Toxic to a Relationship

All couples will argue eventually, but if one partner feels under attack and becomes defensive, it may lead to withdrawal and eventual feelings of abandonment. Constant nagging and criticism can also be serious problems, but awareness can lead to change.

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Compromise: The Key to a Successful Marriage

How couples handle conflict is the true test of any relationship. Finding areas to compromise in ways that doesn’t leave one person feeling resentful is key to lasting success.

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Can There Be a Cure for Divorce? One Expert Thinks So

In a recent article, relationship coach David Wygant claims he has a cure for divorce. “A relationship does not just end overnight. It takes time,” said Wygant. “But there is that point in the relationship where the marriage ‘jumps the shark,’ as they say. It’s often that one thing that happens over and over again, without the ability to change or compromise, and both partners emotionally close down on each other.” He believes it is that inability to compromise that causes the disintegration of marriages. Wygant theorizes that rather than giving our partner what we need, we allow our egos …(See More)

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New Survey Shows Biggest Regrets Involve Romantic Relationships

Americans report that regrets related to romance are the most plaguing regrets of all, according to a new survey. Researchers questioned nearly 400 adults, ranging in age from young adulthood to over 100 years old, asking them specifically which events or situations were most regrettable to them. Overwhelmingly, the majority reported that romantic regrets were at the top of the list, followed by family, education, career, finance and parenting regrets, in that order. Not surprisingly, nearly twice as many women listed regrets relating to family or intimate relationships than men. “It speaks to something psychologists have known for a long …(See More)

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Can You Find Happily Ever After with an Ex-Spouse?

People divorce for countless reasons. But sometimes the bonds that tie are still strong enough to reunite a couple. A recent article explores why people remarry their former spouses, and what causes those old sparks to fly, even though there may be hurts and wounds from the first go around. “Some couples can process those regrettable incidents effectively,” says John Gottman, renowned relationship therapist and author. The couples that wind up getting a divorce are really unable to repair those incidents without therapy, and it’s a very rare event for couples to go to therapy when they’re contemplating divorce.” The …(See More)

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Are Unemployed Men More Likely to Initiate Divorce?

More married women are employed now that at any other time and many men are taking on the role of stay-at-home parent whether by choice or as a result of unemployment. But a new study suggests that men who are unemployed may be more likely to leave a marriage as a result of their job status. Liana Sayer of Ohio State University conducted a study to determine how the employment status of a partner affects someone’s decision to divorce. Sayer looked at data from over 3,500 couples over several different years. Based on her research, she discovered that a husband …(See More)

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Broken Heart Can Trigger Physical Heart Pain and Other Illnesses

When a relationship ends, a person may experience real emotional and physical pain. A new article explains why our bodies manifest physical symptoms of pain when we suffer from a broken heart. Emmie Scott suffered physical discomfort after breaking up with her boyfriend, who was also a co-worker. “The most uncomfortable symptom I experienced is the sensation that someone was sitting on my chest—a combination of both pain and pressure that’s left more than one of my friends commenting that my heart must actually be broken,” said Scott, a direct marketer in Richmond, Virginia. Experts say that dealing with a broken …(See More)

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Marital Civility Prior to Divorce Can Help Children

New research shows that children’s academic and social development skills are affected by parents’ unstable relationship only once a break-up begins. “Children of divorce experience setbacks in math test scores and show problems with interpersonal skills and internalizing behavior during the divorce period,” says Hyun Sik Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “They are more prone to feelings of anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem and sadness.” The new research was conducted using data from over 3,500 elementary school aged children. The study focused on the children before, during and after a divorce. Kim noticed that although the …(See More)

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