What is the secret to a wonderful marriage? “If more people knew the answer the divorce rate in this country wouldn’t be so high,” says Gerry Leeds, 85, of Long Island, N.Y.
At a time when statistically, between 40 and 45 percent of U.S. marriages end in divorce, Gerry and his bride, 80-year-old Lilo, have been [...]

Once upon a time when two people fell in love with one another everyone expected to hear wedding bells in the near future. Not anymore. Today the trend would take the besotted couple into a cohabiting arrangement. So common has this fashion become, that in many countries the law has recognized and legalized it in [...]

Ask any married couple what is marriage and you will be surprised how different the answers would be for such a simple question. People who are married recently would give you a poetic and romantic definition while those who are married for a long time would be more philosophical about it. Only those who are [...]

With the amount of money spent on wedding ceremonies, the marriage statistics of how many people actually stay married is very depressing. People do not have the ability to compromise anymore. It is my way or the highway for most young people today. They file for divorce on petty things and often do not give [...]

If you’ve been married for some time and thing’s just aren’t working out, don’t rushing over to a lawyer’s office right away. Put off that divorce. Don’t become a statistic. There must have been some reason why the two of you got together. There must have been some spark. There must have been some reason [...]

There is a lot to be prepared for when you begin to think about getting married and you will be doing yourself a huge favor if you do everything possible to try and prepare for your marriage ahead of time. A lot of people get stuck on thinking all about the wedding day so much [...]

There comes a point in any marriage where a couple really needs to step back, take a look at how their relationship is progressing and take some time to work on their marriage. A couple does not have to be on the verge of divorce to benefit from a marriage retreat as any couple who [...]

There is so much money and time spent on the actual wedding day and the traditions that go on before two people tie the knot, that often less importance is paced on recording your marriage memories in the form of cherished mementos that can last long after the cake and flowers.
Photography
Splurging on a good photographer, [...]

Virtual marriage has become the latest craze on the Net. When the Internet was new the first thing that caught like wildfire was chatting. People discovered the fun of talking to each other in real time across the continents and many got addicted to it. Then you got the web cams followed by the social [...]

When it comes to your wedding day, just sit down and shut up.  This is good advice for both the bride and the groom, especially if you know that your partner has a photographic memory.  And almost all marriage partners will suddenly develop a photographic memory for this one shared event in your lives.  They [...]