tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57671388120746007662024-09-16T03:35:47.207+01:00The world's first couple-created marriages - a marriage that's great for both of you and fair to each of you.Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459644173159033376noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767138812074600766.post-91257248664897149822010-08-02T21:28:00.003+01:002010-08-02T21:34:34.026+01:00

Before you walk down the aisle, make sure you talk about money. Nearly-weds should check out helpful tips in this short video from Yahoo! Finance.

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Came across this article from Naomi Woolfe in the Sunday Times. Let’s also get the state out of the marriage union. In spite of the dress and the flowers, marriage is a business contract. Women, generally, don’t understand this, until it hits them over the head upon divorce. Let’s take a lead from our gay and lesbian friends, who, without state marriage, often create domestic partnerships with

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Want a happier spouse? Start by boosting your own happiness. So reports Miranda Hitti on WebMD Health News. The old saying about marriage that "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" is getting some scientific support. Cultivating your own happiness could make your spouse happier, too."A married man is significantly more satisfied with his life when his wife becomes more satisfied with

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People who are happily married have lower blood pressure than those who are single or in an unhappy marriage, according to a study conducted by researchers from Brigham Young University.Read more here.

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The Couple Checkup, a best-selling book by the creators of the PREPARE/ENRICH marital readiness inventory, is featured on Oprah's TV show. From AOL VideoThe short segment includes an interview with a sample couple and a contribution from PREPARE/ENRICH founder, Dr David Olsen.Based on an unprecedented national survey of 50,000 marriages, The Couple Checkup presents the principles for creating a

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Single Irish people without children are over three times more likely than the rest of the population to experience persistent poverty, according to new research reported by Mary Minihan in The Irish Times.Households headed by a single adult, with or without children, are more exposed to poverty risks than people living in couples, but the probability of persistent poverty for singles without

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"A gathering of ideas, rants, reflections leading up to the big day" is how Jennifer describes her She Weds blog. In a recent Pre Marriage Counseling post Jennifer writes about how she and her Fi (fiance) took the PREPARE/ENRICH readiness inventory."160 questions about finances, sexual issues, spirituality, family planning, our families, feelings, how we fight, how we make up...".Jennifer, who is

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Who could disagree with Lindsay Plumer, licensed family therapist, certified PREPARE/ENRICH counsellor and Live, Laugh and Love blogger, when she writes?Many couples spend more time planning the wedding or commitment ceremony itself than they do preparing for their future as a married couple. Continues Lindsay, who is based in Folsom, California: "Marriage is hard work ... it takes a lot of

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Congratulations to Kim Kirkley of Brooklyn, New York, who has just joined the ranks of the 60,000-plus certified PREPARE/ENRICH counsellors in the US. She has also created a new blog entitled Celebrant Kim.Kim also runs the Our Elegant Ceremony website and her excellence as a celebrant has been featured in Modern Bride magazine and on TheKnot website. Check out this ‘Thank You’ note from a

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At the Marriage Forums on about.com, a person will share a pre-marriage issue that is an obvious deal breaker. Their advice? Don't get married without knowing your future spouse's thoughts on these issues.Compromise is usually not an option if the two of you have very different answers to The Ten Most Important Questions to Ask Before You Get Married.Here are just three of the top ten deal

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"In all truthfulness, it wasn't that bad. I think my favorite question on the whole FOCCUS Inventory was the last one in the Cohabitating Couples section. It said, basically, 'You know the church disapproves that you’re living together, right?' Bwahahahaha."In the Life of Martha blogger reports on her experiences with the 180+ questions in the FOCCUS marital readiness inventory.Martha sets the

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In her wedding blog Sun Moon Stars Girl describes her and her fiance's experiences with the FOCCUS marital readiness test. She was told by her mentor:"'In the fifteen years I have given the FOCCUS Inventory, you two scored the highest! In fact, in the 'key factors' section, you two matched 100%'."Sun Moon Stars Girl describes the test-taking experience:Each person is given the booklet, an answer

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"Marriage is far more than a romantic arrangement; it has legal and financial ramifications as well.". Personal finance expert Liz Pulliam Weston writes not just as someone who has covered issues surrounding couples and money for years. She is also as someone who's been happily married for more than a decade."I've learned that you don't have to have the exact same approach to money to succeed (

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From the Dirty Catholic blog: "So you think the church people are nice and they just want to help you 'talk about things' and 'get know yourself better'. You know, all the usual touchy-feely hippie crap. They even go on and on in the instructions about how 'there are no wrong answers.' "Anyhoo … emboldened by the dizzying freedom of no wrong answers, Mr. Man and I took the test and ... totally

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In the US a frequently aired TV commercial features a forlorn young husband forced to live with his in-laws because he was clueless about his bride's abysmal credit history. The ad's purpose is to spur (scare?) young lovers into sharing financial histories and credit scores. Journalist Marilyn Kennedy Melia, writing at the Bankrate website, believes that, if it's true love, credit-scarred

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Personal financial topics are often the most difficult for people to discuss. But since financial issues often cause significant problems in marriages, you should try to reach agreement on your finances before your wedding. A helpful article by Roger Wohlner at ManagingMoney.com identifies some items to consider. Where do you want to be in five or 10 years?: Dreams for the future often come with

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Blogger Catholic Newlywed Girl found she was getting a lot of visitors to her post about the FOCCUS marital readiness inventory. So she decided to write some more about how she and her husband found the whole experience and how they both feel they benefited from it."All in all, the test is nothing to worry about, and is certainly not anything that you should feel the need to 'cheat' on."She

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When you were just starting out, whatever you earned was all yours. But now there are two of you, and things are a little different. Because, let's face it, you're in this together, and what used to be 'yours' is now 'ours'. US bankers Charles Schwab provide some guidance on how handle the transition to marriage.Among the bank's financial tips for married couples are:DON'T BE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT

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Wedding blogger Electric Bride and fiance have just got back the results of their FOCCUS invenory. "As it turns out the Groom and I are in great shape for getting married." Her family background is East Indian and Protestant, while his is American (Irish, German, Norwegian, Welsh, English) and Catholic. In her FOCCUS follow-up post Electric Bride writes:While we might not agree, we're compatible

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Brooke, who blogs at Dollar Frugal, is a newly-married 20-something who got herself out of debt a long time ago. Her excellent post 10 Ways to Use Personal Finance to Strengthen a Marriage offers excellent advice for couples. In particular:Attack Finances as A Team: This supports your 'one team, one fight' mentality and solidifies your stance against the rest of the world (or at least corporate

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"I am one of the fortunate who has found the other half, the answer to all my woes and the end point to my search. This person will become my husband in less than one year."So writes Ash O'Neill, a wedding blogger from Vancouver, Canada. Ash and her fiance took the FOCCUS marital readiness programme and writes:I would have to be honest and say that I've learned more from this course alone than I

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"If you ask married people why their marriage works, they are probably not going to say it’s because they found their financial soul mate. But if they are lucky, they have." So writes Tara Siegel Bernard in a New York Times article The Key to Wedded Bliss.Recognising that not everyone is married to a financial twin, Tara offers readers a number of guidelines that will help couples become more

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Seeking to learn more about the 16 personality types of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)? Check out our in-depth personality profile page on www.wedomarriage.com. And here are some links we've brought together to help you find the information you need. BSM Consulting provides a one-page high-level overview of each personality type with links to more in-depth profiles. Further information is

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Some words of wisdom from Breanne Potter at The MBTI Blog:The purpose of understanding your personality preferences is to bridge communication gaps, preserve your energy, and cope with stressful experiences, etc. As you begin to understand your personality preferences, it is key that you grow and develop your type. You do this by meeting others in the middle. For instance, my clear Judging

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Check out this humorous - but eerily accurate - list of prayers as they might be uttered by each of the 16 different MBTI personality types. As a sampler here are the prayers for four of the types:ESTJ: God, help me to not try to RUN everything. But, if You need some help, just ask. INFJ: Lord help me not be a perfectionist. (did I spell that correctly?) ENTJ: Lord, help me slow

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