Sentences with phrase «better than first marriages»

Amato and Booth (1997) also point out that second marriages often aren't any better than first marriages.

Not exact matches

Our point is that on the whole the nuclear mother - father team in intact first marriages does a better job of raising children than do single parents, stepparents or unmarried couples.

With all the good will in the world, blended families often do not function smoothly — which is one of the main reasons why second marriages end in divorce more frequently than first marriages.

Augustine wrote: That the good purpose of marriage, however, is better promoted by one husband with one wife, than by a husband with several wives, is shown plainly enough by the very first union of a married pair, which was made by the Divine Being Himself.

As far as attending the marriage ceremony of gay people i have two points of view the first is that that is there choice to live how they want to but to me that is clearly not Gods best and sin is sin and needs to be repented of but that is my standard not theres.As far as divorced people remarrying why shouldnt they if they have repented of there past God forgives them not condemns them.As he said to the women caught in adultery do they condemn you and she answers no and he says and neither do i.Go and sin no more.This was not just for the women causght in adultery this lesson was for every one of us he was addressing our sin publically for all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God that being his son Jesus Christ he is telling us that we must make the same decision to go and sin no more to repent in our hearts and the only way to do that is to give our hearts and lives totally to Jesus Christ other wise we are no better than the hypocrites in JESUS day.brentnz

While some may say that's because men their age aren't necessarily interested in women their age — and let's face it, when it comes to marriages that aren't the first, some 16 percent of the men are 10 years older or more than the little missus), there are a good number of women who just aren't interested in marrying again.

And we talked about the lessons we can learn from arranged marriages (not forced or child marriages), where common backgrounds, interests and goals matter more than love at first — although as some women in arranged marriages wrote us, love occurs when you see your husband caring for your children, being a good provider (OK, I have some thoughts on that but I'm just quoting here) and treating his family with respect and kindness.

The gay marriage bill has passed three times in the Assembly now, the last time in May 2009 by a vote of 89 to 52 — slightly better than its 2007 first - ever passage in that house in an 85 - 61 vote.

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While the Barnets find the swinging scene exciting at first, they soon decide it may be doing more harm than good to their marriage.

Over the course of the more than four decades this novel tracks, Mevlut remains a charming and good - natured protagonist, taking things in stride even as social customs and a set of misplaced coincidences conspire to ensure that his marriage is first built on compromise and only later, love.

NEW YORK, February 11, 2016 — There is nothing more romantic than a marriage proposal on Valentine's Day but your first step after receiving a valuable engagement ring — well, maybe your second after saying yes!

And we talked about the lessons we can learn from arranged marriages (not forced or child marriages), where common backgrounds, interests and goals matter more than love at first — although as some women in arranged marriages wrote us, love occurs when you see your husband caring for your children, being a good provider (OK, I have some thoughts on that but I'm just quoting here) and treating his family with respect and kindness.

To watch them walk in the door of that first intake session often times on the brink of divorce, and then to watch them walk out of our last session together with a better marriage than they ever had before.

Because I know first hand how devastating divorce can be, as I am a child of divorce, I believe that the collaborative process provides an infinitely better way of handling the end of a marriage than does litigation.

With the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality pending and on the brink of LGBT pride month, Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate and the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP) recently released findings from the first - ever LGBT Home Buyer and Seller Survey of more than 1,700 respondents that show a majority believe homeownership to be a good investment, but possess strong concern when it comes to housing discrimination.