4/16/2008 IS PREMARITAL COUNSELING OR EDUCATION FOR YOU? BY: PATTY & GREG KUHLMAN The short answer is a resounding YES. Getting married without pre-marriage prep is like starting a business or any important venture without preparing. Half of all marriages end in divorce, and only half of those that endure are truly happy in the long run. Many happy engaged couples assume that they won't be contributing to these statistics. But, if you just wing it and count on your luck to make your marriage a success, your odds are only one in four. There is another way.
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3/20/2007 ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS WRITTEN BY TRACY FEDUCK Hooray! Your beloved has FINALLY dirtied his knee to request your hand in marriage. Of course you’re excited, relieved and about to scream a resounding “Yes,” but you need to take a minute and think about this. After all, this is just about the biggest life decision you’ll ever make.
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3/20/2007 DELAYING MARRIAGE WRITTEN BY: TRACY HART What are urban tribes? Is this a new way of describing inner city gangs? No. According to Ethan Watters, a writer from San Francisco, urban tribes are, “a group of ‘never marrieds’ between the ages of 25 and 39, single, and college-educated city dwellers”. Ethan says the word ‘tribe’ is to signify “a tight group, with unspoken roles and hierarchies, whose members think of each other as ‘us’ and the rest of the world as ‘them’.” He is currently working on an entire book on this whole new societal phenomenon.
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3/20/2007 PROPOSING TRADITIONS WRITTEN BY: TIFFANY RICHARDSON For many men and women it is the biggest day in their lives. Hours of preparation, nervousness, anxiety, excitement and joy all tied into one. It is the often dreaded, sometimes rejected proposal and like many events in life, it is something that you only get the chance to do once, usually.
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3/20/2007 ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID WRITTEN BY: TIFFANY RICHARDSON I have been a bridesmaid four times and every time my phone rings with one of my friend’s joyous voices proudly proclaiming that she is engaged, I can’t help but feel a slight bit envious and wonder when it is going to ME buying the beautiful, white gown as opposed to the purple, puffy one.
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3/20/2007 WEDDING STRESS: HOW TO DEAL WRITTEN BY: TIFFANY RICHARDSON What colour will your bridesmaids wear? Will the dinner still be hot when it’s served? Will the rain ruin your photographs? Will the invitations be sent out on time? These are some of the wonderful stresses that come along with planning a wedding.
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3/20/2007 IN PRAISE OF BEING COUPLED WRITTEN BY: CHRISTINE WEST There are benefits to being single and benefits to being in a relationship. Depending on our individual emotional and mental status, we must each decide which advantages are more important to us.
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