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Average Length of Marriages

Mary Ann posed an interesting question on a recent article, about the average length of marriages these days. It’s hard to track down exact statistics as there are so many variables, but here are a few things I found will give an idea of the length of the average marriage. In the United Kingdom in 2003, out of 153490 divorces, 40,599 divorces occurred during the first 5-9 years time frame. The next biggest number was between 10-14 years 29,831 and 20,923 in the 15-19 years period. What is interesting is the number that ends up in divorce after only 0-2 … Continue reading →

Is Marriage Irrelevant?

In the USA fewer adults are married. I would dare to suggest the situation would probably be similar here in Australia. Fewer people are getting married, with many choosing to live alone, or to live with a partner but outside of an official marriage situation. According to a Time magazine survey, almost half of these interviewed have lived with or are currently living with a partner without being married. Does this mean marriage has become irrelevant? Apparently not! Of the total of people involved in the research, 46 percent wanted to get married. Of these 64 percent were already living … Continue reading →

Taking Responsibility

Actions have consequences. It’s something we need to remember in marriage, in parenting and in all our relationships. Yet one of the biggest problems often apparent in marriages and society in general is not taking responsibility for actions. Recently in a book I read the woman had an affair with her brother-in-law which not only impacted on her husband and their teenage daughter, but her husband’s sister and their family as well. It wasn’t a particularly good book but what it did bring out what the lack of personal responsibility. When everything went pear shaped, this woman and the man … Continue reading →

Tips From The Successful

My guess is we all want to know the secrets of a happy lasting marriage. So I’m always on the lookout for stories about and advice from those who have managed this. Today’s stories come from two Aussie couples .Arthur and Nancy Seymour celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary recently, so you’d figure they’d learned a few things along the way nod they have. When asked about their secret to a lasting happy marriage, Arthur said ‘love and tolerance.’ His wife Nancy went on to add that Arthur’s mother had been one who claimed their marriage would never last. They sure … Continue reading →

Coffee Mug Wisdom

I have this great coffee mug with a saying on it: “I’m 30. It seems like I should have money by now.” It made me laugh so hard when I got the mug. There I was 30 years old and living paycheck to paycheck. Thirty ended up being a good year for me. I married a wonderful man. I knew this man would make a great husband and would be an incredible father to our children. I was right. Our wedding was beautiful and everything I wanted it to be. We didn’t go overboard and did a good job of … Continue reading →

Things that Led to Divorce

Recently I read about a couple who divorced and then later discovered the things that they believed had affected their marriage and led to their break up. They are things we can all learn from. One was that they neglected the little courtesies in their marriage. The realized they had not treated each other with the same courtesy that they treated other people. The truth was they wouldn’t have dreamed of being as rude and treating business associates or acquaintances the way they treated each other. Busyness was only an excuse to cover up basic good manners. Another, was they … Continue reading →

Divorce is Contagious

Divorce is contagious. You catch it from your friends. At least that’s the opinion of experts Mick heard recently on the radio. We were talking about this among other things in the car yesterday after listening to a sermon from our minister about the way marriage should operate and the biblical view of marriage. But back to divorce being catching among friends. Mick and I began to wonder why this should be so. No it doesn’t necessarily mean the reason is that the couples in a group of friends are having affairs with each other and that’s why divorce results, … Continue reading →

One Point of View

Recently I heard and saw a couple arguing. Each one was so intent on getting their own point across that neither one was listening to the other. Even if you’re not in the middle of an argument but just in everyday life with your spouse, there can sometimes be the tendency not to listen and to only see things from your own point of view. Here are some helpful points I heard on the radio recently. They weren’t to do with marriage but I thought they would work just as well in marriage situation, especially if you have a tendency … Continue reading →

Positive About Marriage

Since the last few articles have been about negatives and divorce statistics, I thought it was time we had a couple of positive stories of marriages that have stood the test of time. The first is a couple who recently celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary. If 64 sounds like an odd number of married years to celebrate it could be because Bruce and Isabel are 88 and 84 respectively and maybe they figure one you get to that age you never know how long you’ll be round so you may as well as celebrate each milestone along the way. It … Continue reading →

Engagement Stats

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I have addressed weddings in many of my previous articles. I have discussed anything from music to flowers to location. This article will take a little different twist. Here I have dug up a little research and discovered some very surprising, and not so surprising, wedding statistics. I think that you will enjoy them as much as I have. I will begin with the “before” stage. The engagement. When you first begin planning your marriage and your wedding. It has been found that American couples typically stay engaged for about sixteen months before getting married. During this period you begin … Continue reading →