If you’re married to a woman, let her overhear as you talk with a woman from work and share feelings you have not shared with her.
If you’re married to a man, tell him you should have married someone else.
How to Crush Your Spouse
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Why Did You Get Married?
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I ask only because forgetting the answer got me into so much trouble, really made me miserable. Almost ended my marriage. Twice, I got married because I was really in love with someone who was really in love with me. I loved the feeling of being loved. And I especially liked how I felt about me when I was loving someone I really admired. I have hired painters, snow shovellers, trash removers...
We’re Never Going to Get Divorced
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Author and journalist Susan Gregory Thomas has a new memoir out. It looks like a great read. An excerpt appeared earlier this month in the Wall Street Journal as their Saturday Essay. It broke my heart to read this from this Generation X latchkey kid, part of the 50% of her generation from split families: “‘Whatever happens, we’re never going to get divorced.’ Over the...
Marriage No Longer Counts in Canada
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Canada has announced they will stop tracking national marriage and divorce rates, to save some money now that they have one unmarried couple living together for every two married couples. As a parting shot, here are a couple of interesting statistics from 2008, the last report they will issue, according to The Globe and Mail: 73.2% — Marriages in Newfoundland and Labrador expected to last...
Why Be Married? To Enjoy Your Lottery Winnings Together
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I love this story! Colin and Christine Weir, a Scottish couple with two grown children, now rank just behind David and Victoria Beckham on the UK’s Sunday Times Rich List. Just the interest on their recent lottery prize will give them £5 million a year. According to The Upshot, a Yahoo! News blog, the two have been married for 30 years. They stayed up all night together after discovering...
