What is Your Money Story? In the last column I presented some questions about how people think about money and how it causes problems in their relationships. How we answer these questions is a function of what we learned about money as a child......more...
How Money Can Mess Up Marriage April is tax time and, as a result, money currently is the topic of conversation in households across America. If you and your partner are in sync financially the level of stress in your relationship is probably low right now......more...
Begin as You Intend to Go On In an article in the Raleigh News and Observer the recent increase in marital therapy in Japan was discussed. It seems divorce is becoming more acceptable and men, who have devoted their lives to their career are beginning to realize there is a good chance they will live their retirement years alone......more...
What your Parents Taught you About Marriage Our parents are the most powerful people in our lives. They are the first experience we have with the concepts “man”, “woman”, “husband”, “wife”, “mother”, “father”. This knowledge we acquire in our early lives shapes our understanding and expectations of these ideas as adults......more...
Why Marriage Is Different Many years ago, a good friend was considering getting married for the third time. He asked me whether I thought he should......more...
What is this Thing Called Marriage? The issue of expectations around marriage is examined in two recent articles in the Q Section of the Raleigh News and Observer. “Single Living for a Majority” reports that a recent survey found that 51 percent of women (a majority) are living without husbands for probably the first time in our history......more...