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Survey Reveals Surprising Number of Married Couples Meet Online

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:55:23 +0000

The stigma of meeting that special someone online may officially be a thing of the past. A new survey has found that 35% of marriages between 2005 and 2012 occurred between lovebirds who met online. Out of the couples that met online, about 45% did so on a dating site, while the rest first came [...]

Wedding Survey Reveals You'd Better Start Saving for the Big Day Now

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:56:47 +0000

Before you walk down the aisle, you may want to walk down to the bank to make sure you’ve got enough money in your account. A new survey of 17,500 women married last year sheds some hard-to-believe light on just how much weddings cost. Hold on to your bouquet because the average wedding cost $28,427 [...]

Meet the World's Longest-Married Couple

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:43:01 +0000

Lots of people are looking for the love of a lifetime this Valentine’s Day. John and Ann Betar have already found it. The couple has been married 80 years, good enough to be named the longest married couple in the US by the Christian marriage organization Worldwide Marriage Encounter. John, 101, and Ann, 97, tied [...]

10 Dogs Who Are Totally in Love and Getting Married

Cameron Simcik — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:19:47 +0000

It's a dog eat dog world out there, and these days, it's really hard to find true love. We're talking about about the kind that leaves you slobbering and all goggly-eyed and all that mushy stuff. Sure it's rare to come across, but love does exist! How do we know? Well, we've discovered a whole bunch of dogs that are giving us some solid proof.

Man Hijacks Girlfriend's Facebook Page To Propose

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:00:23 +0000

If there’s anything the internet loves, it’s a creative marriage proposal. Now that the best ones end up on YouTube for all to see, it has become harder and harder to come up with a truly unique proposal. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Israeli entrepreneur Guy Malachi accepted that challenge and passed with flying colors when he asked [...]

5 Marriage Proposals We'd Totally Say No To

Alyssa Kramer — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:01:35 +0000

A somewhat recent video to make its way around the Internet was a marriage proposal from a man who thought it might be funny to fake an imminent plane crash before popping the question. The commercial pilot, Ryan Thompson, told his girlfriend that the plane was experiencing trouble and asked her to read the emergency instruction manual. Long story short, he ended up popping the question just as his fiancée-to-be started to see her life flash before her eyes.

Your Family Isn't That Messed Up After All — This Woman Accidentially Married Her Own Father

Kathy Landin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:00:17 +0000

The next holiday you spend with your family where you find yourself frustrated at how dysfunctional they all seem, please take a deep breath and imagine what it must be like to find out that you spent decades married to your own father without even knowing it. Then maybe have another drink.

Buffalo Couple to Remarry After Being Divorced Nearly 50 Years

Joe Russo — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:01:04 +0000

Roland Davis and Lena Henderson — both 85 years old — will remarry this Saturday after being divorced for nearly 50 years. The two remained friends after their divorce and according to their daughter, Renita, never had a disparaging word for one another after the break-up. So getting back together seemed like the natural thing [...]

Issac's Lip-Dub Proposal Ruins it for Every Guy, Thanks Issac [VIDEO]

Joe Russo — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:25:41 +0000

Want to propose to your girlfriend on the Jumbotron to show the world just how much you love her? You ain’t got nothin on this dude, who got about 60 family and friends to Lip-Dub to a Bruno Mars song as a marriage proposal. Surprise, Issac Lamb is an actor and his friends obviously have a gift [...]

What Is a Commuter Marriage and Why Is It Growing in Popularity?

Mike Adams — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:52 +0000

There is a growing trend among America’s married couples that appears to be gaining ground as a result of a challenging economy and unsettled job market.

That trend is the commuter marriage. But what is it?

Woman Gets Surprise Marriage Proposal at College Graduation

Kathy Landin — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:47 +0000

Usually when a person is graduating from college, she’s thinking about what kind of job she’ll get after school. This woman gets a surprise offer during graduation and suddenly has a different job to think about — the new and unexpected job of planning her wedding. Graduation is definitely time for thinking about the future. [...]

Off the Market! Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez Reportedly Engaged

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:13 +0000

Halle Berry, who’s been wed twice before, apparently hasn’t lost her faith in marriage — sources say she’s now engaged to French actor Olivier Martinez. While there’s been no official confirmation, a rep for jewelry designer Gurhan says Martinez, Berry’s boyfriend of more than a year, gave her a diamond and emerald engagement ring over [...]

Study: Getting Married May Not be Better Than Living Together

Daryl Nelson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:00:11 +0000

Are you living with your girlfriend and thinking about popping the big question? You may want to reconsider. A new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, show that married couples have only few advantages compared to couples that aren’t married and live together. “Marriage has long been an important social institution, but [...]

How Do You Avoid Divorce? Try Not Getting Married in the First Place

Shauna Wright — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:00:25 +0000

A new study from the Pew Research Center recently revealed marriage rates are at an all-time low, and now we may have one reason for it: people are afraid of getting divorced. Researchers from the University of Central Oklahoma and Cornell University conducted surveys with co-habitating but unmarried couples and asked them about their thoughts [...]

Women Gain Weight After Marriage, Men After Divorce

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:00:09 +0000

Getting hitched results in women putting on the pounds, whereas the male waistline is more likely to expand after a divorce.

Researchers from Ohio State University discovered this discrepancy after analyzing a study on the effects marital events had on 10,000 people between 1986 and 2008.

Can Being Friends with Your Husband's Buddies Ruin His Sex Drive?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:41:29 +0000

Seems there’s yet another front in the battle of the sexes.

A new study conducted by Cornell University and the University of Chicago indicates that a wife who is too close with the male friends of her husband may be inadvertently undermining his masculinity, leading to elevated rates of erectile dysfunction.

New York State's First Gay Marriages

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:13:53 +0000

From Niagara Falls and Buffalo all the way to Long Island, gay couples celebrated, as this was the first weekend they were allowed to marry in New York State. The marriages began at Midnight on Sunday and ran throughout the day. Though not without controversy and backlash, officials reported only minor incidents of shoving and harassing between protesters and [...]

Wife's Sleeping Habits Will Affect Marriage – But Husband's Won't

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:00:38 +0000

When the lady of the house gets a poor night’s sleep, her marriage suffers. However, the same does not hold true if it’s the fellow who spends his night counting sheep in frustration. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh observed 35 healthy married couples’ sleeping habits over a 10-day period. With the help of a [...]

Survey: Do Married Couples Talk About Money Before Marriage? [VIDEO]

Jack FM Staff — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:00:02 +0000

When you get married, you take the other person for richer or poorer, right? Well, with wedding season itching closer than the space between belly button and cummerbund, you might want to know just how rich and how poor youâ€™re talking about before exchanging "I dos."

A new survey from COUNTRY Financial found that only 51% of couples discussed how they would manage their money before tying the knot.