Sentences with phrase «better than some married couples»

I agree that in some cultures, single mothers are looked down upon by their own family and friends, but in today's day an age it has been proven that single mothers can do just as well if not better than some married couples in raising their children, thus making marriage not the only option.

Not exact matches

Mariano notes that roughly 75 percent of sellers within the industry are women, down from about 90 percent a few decades ago, but more men and married couples are joining the ranks and finding a better work / life balance than the corporate world provided.

Other witnesses argued that, inasmuch as almost 25,000 married couples in France have been approved but wait an average of five years to be able to adopt because fewer than 5,000 adoptions take place each year, it is possible to provide every adoptable child with a father and a mother who will offer him or her the best chance of integrating into a new family.

And some studies indicate that the stigma of cohabiting — versus being married — impacts younger couples, probably feeling the need to follow a normative romantic path, much more than older couples, who seem to fare quite well cohabiting or even as living apart together couples.

In the US, there are more than 1,100 laws benefiting married couples, and that's just at the federal level; many states offer perks and protections as well.

I've been drawn to a lot of healing things lately, healing sounds, healing frequencies, infrared sauna, meditation, breath work, really good deep tissue work, and, you know, I was speaking with my wife about a week ago and she commented on the fact that in the thirteen years that we've been married, when she met me, I was a bodybuilder and a spin instructor, she doesn't think she's ever seen me take any more than, perhaps, a couple of days off of an extremely hard charging life, in which I'm replying to literally hundreds of emails a day, squeezing in the type of exercise sessions that allow me to do masochistic things, volunteering, jetting around the globe, you name it.

In the late 90's, after 35 years practicing as a clinical psychologist and counseling married couples, Dr. Neil Clark Warren believed that there was a better way to find love than leaving it up to chance.

And in 1997, after 35 years practicing as a clinical psychologist and counseling thousands of married couples, eHarmony CEO and founder Dr. Neil Clark Warren had come to believe there was a better way to find love than letting luck determine your fate.

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John is ostensibly happily married to accommodating, efficient, spirited Beverly (Susan Sarandon, of whom Chelsom says, she's «a match for [Gere], even a year older than him, which is a huge coup in Hollywood casting»), with whom he shares a nice suburban home and a couple of good kids.

At present, it is possible for some divorcing couples to achieve a better tax result post-divorce than they would have had as a married couple — and the GOP plan eliminates this possibility.

«Hopefully, couples have a better reason to get married than getting a discount on auto insurance, but it's one of the benefits of wedded bliss.»

If you are a married couple with dependent children, it is always a better idea to opt for a joint life insurance policy rather than an individual plan.

Everyone (particularly married individuals who are looking to buy life insurance at the same time) needs to understand that there is a very good chance that the best type of life insurance policy for you isn't going to be the best life insurance policy for someone else (married couples take note, it may make sense to apply with different insurance companies than your spouse).

What better way to learn than to hear from married couples who've mastered it?

Abrazo works with couples who are over the age of 25, have been legally - married for more than a year, can not conceive by any known means, are financially - sound and emotionally - stable, and who are willing to commit to fully - open adoptions, for their child's best interests.

A family mediator sometimes can help, as well, to work through issues that involve more than the married couple alone.

Unlike litigation or arbitration, the married couple makes decisions that are in their own best interest, rather than having an attorney or judge decide on their behalf.

The few cases of nesting that are actually working are often with two ex-spouses who get along better than many people who are married, but some couples have made such a success of the regime that others wonder why they divorced in the first place if they can get along well enough to nest.

Cohabiting couples tend to be younger and have less college education than married couples, and cohabiting fathers tend to have lower incomes and are slightly less likely to be employed than married fathers (77 % compared to 90 %).19 Consequently, cohabiting couples may need more support to build economic stability, including job training and placement, as well as financial education to better manage less income and fewer resources.

Few people understand personal relationships better than Gottman, who has studied thousands of married couples for the past 35 years.

Before any of these studies were conducted, we predicted that couples who cohabited only after engagement (or marriage) would, on average, do better in marriage than those who began to cohabit prior to having such clear, mutual plans to marry.

Only a few studies have examined complementarity in existing romantic relationships: In one study, in which undergraduate students rated their own parents» personalities, complementarity appeared quite often, but greater complementarity was actually seen in divorced than still - married couples.5 Another study of romantic couples found very little complementarity, except within highly satisfied couples.6 Yet another study found good evidence for the phenomenon, with couples being similar on affiliation and opposite on dominance.7 Finally, a study of same - sex female couples found no similarity on affiliation and found that those who had opposite personalities when it came to dominance were actually less satisfied with their relationships.8 As can be plainly seen, these results are quite inconsistent.

It's a well - documented statistic that couples who have dated for a year or longer before marriage have a significantly lower rate of divorce than those who married after a short dating period.

But, couples who cohabit prior to marriage for practical reasons and plan to someday marry all along fare better (and in some respects may fare better than those that didn't cohabit), especially because these couples have had practice confronting and working through life and relationship stressors.5 For example, they've most likely experienced conflict and had an opportunity to see how they treat each other in such situations.6

In short, they should be able to co-operate with one another as well as, or better than, married couples do.

Couple Premarital Behavior and Dynamics We examined 14 behaviors and dynamics related to the focal relationship as predictors of marital quality: age at marriage, length of relationship before marriage, whether the couple had a child or were pregnant together before marriage, whether they began their relationship with hooking up, whether the respondent had sexual relations with someone else while dating his / her future spouse or knew that his / her partner had, whether the respondent reported any physical aggression in the relationship before marriage, whether the couple cohabited before making a mutual commitment to marry, the degree to which the respondent reported sliding into living together vs. deciding to do so, whether the respondent perceived that he or she was more or less committed than the partner before marriage, whether the couple received premarital education, and whether the couple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the weCouple Premarital Behavior and Dynamics We examined 14 behaviors and dynamics related to the focal relationship as predictors of marital quality: age at marriage, length of relationship before marriage, whether the couple had a child or were pregnant together before marriage, whether they began their relationship with hooking up, whether the respondent had sexual relations with someone else while dating his / her future spouse or knew that his / her partner had, whether the respondent reported any physical aggression in the relationship before marriage, whether the couple cohabited before making a mutual commitment to marry, the degree to which the respondent reported sliding into living together vs. deciding to do so, whether the respondent perceived that he or she was more or less committed than the partner before marriage, whether the couple received premarital education, and whether the couple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the wecouple had a child or were pregnant together before marriage, whether they began their relationship with hooking up, whether the respondent had sexual relations with someone else while dating his / her future spouse or knew that his / her partner had, whether the respondent reported any physical aggression in the relationship before marriage, whether the couple cohabited before making a mutual commitment to marry, the degree to which the respondent reported sliding into living together vs. deciding to do so, whether the respondent perceived that he or she was more or less committed than the partner before marriage, whether the couple received premarital education, and whether the couple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the wecouple cohabited before making a mutual commitment to marry, the degree to which the respondent reported sliding into living together vs. deciding to do so, whether the respondent perceived that he or she was more or less committed than the partner before marriage, whether the couple received premarital education, and whether the couple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the wecouple received premarital education, and whether the couple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the wecouple had a wedding, as well as how many people attended the wedding.

In truth, you have to get along better as a divorced couple than you did as a married couple to co-parent effectively.

This research also suggests that young couples wishing to avoid divorce would be better served by delaying settling down and forming coresidential unions until their mid-20s when they are older and more established in their lives, goals, and careers, whether married or not at the time of coresidence, rather than avoiding premarital cohabitation altogether.

And they found that the homosexual couples were far better than the married heterosexual couples at bringing up an issue in a non-confrontational way, of listening when criticized.

Another 2010 study of 373 married couples found that, when both partners engaged positively during an argument — meaning they discussed the topic calmly and made an effort to listen to their partner and better understand his or her feelings — they were far less likely to divorce than couples where there was no positive engagement or when only one partner would engage positively.

But while couples who saw their best friend as someone outside of the relationship were happier than single people, the study found that those who consider their spouse or partner to be their best friend get about twice as much life satisfaction from marriage as other married people.

And a 2010 study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family that looked at 373 married couples found that, when both partners engaged positively during an argument — meaning they discussed the topic calmly and made an effort to listen to their partner and better understand his or her feelings — they were far less likely to divorce than couples where there was no positive engagement or when only one partner would engage positively.

A new study shows that happily married couples are more likely to enjoy better mental and physical health than their less - than - happy friends.

You can certainly self direct your HSA as well, but many employer contributing plans administrators do not allow roll - overs so that is something you would have to find out (similar to 401k» plans) There are also self administered 401k plans which are even more beneficial than a SDI as well as your ability to create and operate your own pension plan with employer (your own company) contributing and the amounts of funds which can be contributed each year far exceed the SDI which is limited to $ 5k annually for single people, 10k annually for married couples filing jointly and $ 12k annually for married couples with the «catch up» provision.