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Five Things You Should NEVER Say to Your Spouse

Just as important as saying the right thing to the one you love is to avoid saying statements that have the potential to destroy the foundation of the relationship. Saying just one wrong thing can negate an entire day of good statements and actions. Negative and hurtful statements can have the power to cut through the very fabric of the bond between two people in love.

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Caring for Aging Parents Can Stress Your Marriage

We are “baby-boomers.” Like some 80 million Americans, we were born during the period 1946-1964. We are that generation of Americans born to what former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw called, “The Greatest Generation.” Our parents survived the Great Depression, won the Second World War, and by most accounts, saved the world and preserved democracy in a post-war era.

There is no doubt; the free world owes a great debt of gratitude to the Greatest Generation. Frankly, it is hard to imagine where we would be without their sacrifices and their contributions to the creation of modern day America – to the creation of world we live in today. We owe our parents a lot; there is no doubt about that.

As we write this article for you today, we are fully cognizant that the parents of the baby-boomers are dying by the hundreds everyday. People get old and they die. There is nothing mysterious going on here. The realities of life tell us that the inevitable is lurking on the horizon. But the good news, our parents are living longer and longer. We get to have them around for a greater portion of our lives than our parents had of their parents.

Having aging parents who might live into their 80’s and 90’s (and beyond) can, however, bring a whole new set of challenges to your own marriage. For tips to deal with the challenges of caring faor aging parents read Caring for Aging Parents Can Stress Your Marriage.

Tiger Woods in the Age of Infidelity

As you know, infidelity stories were at an all-time high in the media this year—from former Senator John Edwards and South Carolina Governor Terry Sanford to Late Night host David Letterman and Golfer Tiger Woods. It’s enough to make many people wonder if long-term marriage is even possible! Or desirable!

Well, we’re out here working harder than ever to contribute stories about great marriages by sharing news about our research on successful marriage around the world.

We’ve devoted our lives to studying people who are successful at being husbands and wives. In fact, we just returned last month from the continent of Africa where we studied successful marriage in the Sunni Muslim tradition. We plan to visit our 7th of seven continents – Antarctica – for more research sometime next year after our new book, Building a Love that Lasts, comes out in January 2010.

Frankly, we shudder to think why some folks think it is okay to cheat on their spouses – not one time, but over and over and over and over and over and . . . . . .

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