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Humor

Way Out in the Hills

Posted November 23, 2009 12:02 AM

An old man and his wife lived deep in the hills and seldom saw many people. One day a peddler came by to sell his goods and asked the man if he or his wife wanted to buy anything. "Well, my wife ain't home, she's gone down to the crick to wash clothes, but lemme see what you got," said the man. The peddler showed him pots and pans, tools and gadgets, but the old man Read more...

See also: barn, hills, marriage, mirror, pedler

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The Provider

Posted November 17, 2009 3:25 AM

A young woman brings her fiancée home to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother tells her father to find out about the young man, so the father invites the fiancée into his study for a drink. "So, what are your plans?" the father asks the young man. "I am a Torah scholar," he replies. "A Torah scholar. Hmmm," the father says. "Admirable, but what Read more...

See also: god, marriage, provider, study, torah

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Dating

In Dating Jungle, Cougar Relationships All About Fun

Posted November 16, 2009 7:08 PM

NEW YORK -- Darin Riggio has a thing for older women -- he dated his first "cougar" when he was a 19-year-old college student. She was 43. Since then, the 24-year-old who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., has dated women old enough to be his mom. "Women my age don't know what they want," said Riggio, ticking off his list of why older women are better. "Two, they are Read more...

See also: commitment, cougar relationships, dating, marriage, older women, younger men

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Real Concern

Posted November 13, 2009 1:44 AM

A ThirdAger goes to a psychiatrist in tears. "What's the problem?" the doctor asks. "It's my husband!" the woman wails. "He thinks he is a chicken!" "How long has this been going on?" the doctor asks. "About a year," the woman replies. "A year?" says the doctor. "Why did you wait so long to come see Read more...

See also: chicken, eggs, husband, marriage

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Right Night

Posted November 11, 2009 9:41 PM

A noted sex therapist is giving a talk, and during the course of it he tells his audience that people often lie about the frequency of their sexual activity. He says, however, that he has a test to tell for certain how often someone has sex: He uses the size of the person's smile as an indicator. To prove his theory, he goes row by row, asking each person to smile. He guesses the frequency of Read more...

See also: frequency of sex, marriage, sex therapist

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Marriage Doesn't Wipe Out Credit History

Posted November 11, 2009 12:06 AM

Q: Dear Dr. Don, I am worried that when my fiance and I get married anything negative on either credit report will affect us. Will it affect us if it is not a joint account together and it happened before we got married? Please help me ease my mind so I can get back to planning my wedding. -- Melissa Matrimony A: Dear Melissa, You both bring your credit histories with you into the Read more...

See also: credit report, credit score, marriage

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Credit Cards

Marriage Doesn't Wipe Out Credit History

Posted November 11, 2009 12:06 AM

Q: Dear Dr. Don, I am worried that when my fiance and I get married anything negative on either credit report will affect us. Will it affect us if it is not a joint account together and it happened before we got married? Please help me ease my mind so I can get back to planning my wedding. -- Melissa Matrimony A: Dear Melissa, You both bring your credit histories with you into the Read more...

See also: credit report, credit score, marriage, wedding planning

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Living Single

Happy and Single

Posted November 9, 2009 1:45 PM

A few years back, Marla Thomas received some very good advice. It came while she was working as a waitress and completing her undergraduate degree at Valdosta State University. "One of my 'regulars' was a sweet couple in their mid-50s. They would talk to me about my classes, ask me about my major, what I planned to do after graduation and life in general. I told them that I was thinking Read more...

See also: career, happiness, marriage, married, satisfaction, single

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Marriage

Unemployed Husbands Help at Home, But Will It Last?

Posted November 9, 2009 1:27 PM

MIAMI -- Lily Pabian and her husband Jeff learned to tag-team household tasks when he lost his job and she went from stay-at-home mom to part-time consultant. But the give-and-take turned into a juggling act when Jeff found work again three months later. Lily, a 37-year-old mother of three from Mapleton, Ga., kept working, but also kept most of the parenting responsibilities and Read more...

See also: chores, economy, fairness, housework, husbands, marriage, partnership, spouses, unemployed

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Humor

Tell-All Tombstones

Posted November 8, 2009 7:24 PM

A husband and wife have a bitter quarrel on the day of their 40th wedding anniversary. The husband yells, "When you die, I'm getting you a headstone that reads, 'Here Lies My Wife -- As Cold as Ever'!" "Oh, yeah?" she replies. "When you die, I'm getting you a headstone that reads, 'Here Lies My Husband -- Stiff at Last'!" Read more...

See also: argument, marriage, obituary, Tombstone

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Rocking Chair Rumble

Posted November 3, 2009 1:34 PM

An elderly man and woman are rocking on the porch one evening, enjoying the sunset. Suddenly, the woman gives the man a sharp crack across the head, knocking him to the floor. "What was that for?" he asks. "For having such a small penis," she says, and continues to rock. The elderly man gets up from the floor, calmly walks over to his wife, grabs her rocker by the Read more...

See also: marriage, penis size, rocking chair, seniors

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Same Thing Every Night

Posted November 3, 2009 1:23 PM

This English bloke went into a pub with his wife, sat down at the bar and said to the bartender "Mate, please give me a beer before it starts." The bartender poured him a beer and the bloke knocked it back in one gulp. "Give me another beer before it starts thanks mate." said the bloke. The bartender had no idea what the bloke was talking about, but poured him another Read more...

See also: bar, drinking, marriage, nagging

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Marriage

Married, With Children, Key to Happiness

Posted November 3, 2009 12:18 PM

Having children improves life satisfaction in people who are married, but not for those who are unmarried, researchers in Scotland found. Dr. Luis Angeles of the University of Glasgow said the finding challenges previous research that increasing numbers of children do not make people any happier, and in some cases the more children people have, the less satisfied they are with their lives. Read more...

See also: children, family, happiness, marriage, parenting, relationships

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Marriage

Married Men Make Healthier Choices Than Their Single Comrades

Posted November 3, 2009 11:51 AM

"In sickness and in health" now has a whole new meaning. New research from Mintel shows married men are possibly healthier men. According to a Mintel survey of adult men, those who are married are more likely to have had a physical with a registered physician within the past year compared to their single counterparts (55% versus 35%). In addition, Mintel found 88% of Read more...

See also: healthy choices, marriage, married men, men's health

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Humor

Prepare for the Worst

Posted November 2, 2009 1:23 PM

At bedtime, the amorous husband prepared two aspirins and a glass of water for his wife. "What is this for?" "For you headache, dear." "But I don't have a headache." "Good." Read more...

See also: aspirin, headache, marriage, sex

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5 Reasons To Grow Old Together

Posted October 29, 2009 2:50 PM

We live in a youth-obsessed society, where knowing that Miley Cyrus has achieved international stardom and success -- and she was born in 1992 -- can make us feel like our most precious years are slipping away. But growing old is not something to fear. Recently, The New York Times published a piece called "6 Reasons To Grow Old," based on advice from Joshua O. Haberman, a Read more...
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Marriage

The 7 Deadly Sins Of Marriage

Posted October 29, 2009 2:20 PM

Almost inevitably, you’ve all but deserted your New Year’s resolutions -- more sex, less bickering, more patience. But your marriage is still on the rocks. According to married co-authors of Eight Lessons for a Happier Marriage, one of these seven deadly habits may be to blame. 1. Criticizing You're wearing that to dinner? You lost another client? Do your love handles really need Read more...
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Marriage

The Magic Marriage Formula Revealed

Posted October 27, 2009 11:47 AM

So much for candlelit dinners, romantic weekends away and showering your other half with compliments ... Scientists reckon the secret to a happy marriage is easy -- the woman should be smarter than the man and at least five years younger. They developed a distinctly unromantic formula to predict how compatible a couple are, based on their ages, education and relationship history. Read more...

See also: age difference, education, happy marriage, marriage, relationship, staying married

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Panel: Marriage's Best Days Have Gone By

Posted October 27, 2009 11:33 AM

WASHINGTON -- The institution of marriage in the United States has steadily declined in strength over the past four decades, according to a report released last month by a panel of scholars and advocates. The U.S. Marriage Index, the brainchild of David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values, seeks to quantify the health of marriage in the United States in the same way Read more...

See also: divorce, happy marriage, institution of marriage, marriage

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Infidelity

Counselors: Online Affairs Skyrocketing

Posted October 19, 2009 3:22 PM

Two decades ago, they were high school sweethearts. On a whim, he Googled her on his office computer, and found she lived in a nearby state. "It's innocent enough," he told himself as he fired off an e-mail to her, "just two old friends reconnecting." Months later, after an exchange of e-mails, then cell phone calls, in which they eventually talked about their Read more...

See also: infidelity, internet romance, marriage, online affairs

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