Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad!

My mom and dad sometime after getting married

This is a special day for my parents. They’ve been married 66 years. That’s a long time. Recently I asked them their secret to a long marriage. Commitment, love and faithfulness are three words I heard a lot. It certainly worked for them. And for the three dozen couples I met a couple of weeks […]

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Are Married Couples an Endangered Species?

Dave & Jan Sandell (50 years)

Did you hear? If you’re a married couple you’re a rare breed. Closer to becoming extinct. A dinosaur. For the first time, married couples have dropped below half of all American households, according to the Census Bureau. Married couples are now the minority. From The New York Times:  Married couples represented just 48 percent of […]

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Marriage and Money

June is wedding month. Newlyweds may think their financial situation doesn’t matter because they’re in love. But a recent survey from American Express found that 50% of couples say the financial habits of their partner drive them crazy… and 75% have financial secrets they’ve kept from their spouse.  So money does cause a little stress […]

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We Were “Cool” Once

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I’m pretty sure my kids love me and my wife.  After all, we feed and clothe them, buy them iphones, and let them go doorbell ditching (don’t tell the neighbors those are our kids).  But I don’t think they think we’re COOL. No big surprise there.  What kid does think their mom and dad are […]

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