Millennials Don’t Do Divorce
Bella Breakdown Who knew an entire generation that is relatively dependent on meeting their future spouse on a dating app where you swipe on a picture, would be the generation that is actually lowering the divorce rate? Sorry Baby Boomers and Gen Xers… we can’t help that we sort of dominate in the love department. Divorce rates have dropped by almost 20 percent. So what is it that makes millennials more successful in marriage than the generations before them? Well, it is mainly the fact that millennials are waiting until they are older to get married. They are also...
Marriage Advice Couples Wish They’d Gotten
Couples who had been married for only a few hours, along with couples who had been married for a few days, months, all the way up to 65 years were asked what advice they wished they had gotten while they were newlyweds. It is really interesting to see how the answers changed the further down the road couples were married. There were some really great answers that couples had that can definitely be given to newly, who will appreciate the advice as they carry on in their marriage. Here are some of the best pieces of advice: 1. Disagree...
What Keeps Romance Alive
Bella Breakdown Long lasting relationships are sometimes difficult to come by. Even if a couple has had a long lasting relationship, it might not be the most loving one. A lot of people stay together for a long time out of comfort, convenience, family, and religious purposes. But, what about those rare couples that have managed to withhold a long lasting romantic love? You know, that ones that are straight out of a Nicholas Sparks book. It seems that having fun together might be the key. Enjoying each other’s company, even when times are rough. Being able to depend...
How Millennials Are Changing Marriage
Bella Breakdown Millennials seem to get flack for pretty much everything we do, and that is probably because we are doing things differently than the generations before us. Millennials are changing not only the housing market, education, social interaction, and dating, but now the wedding business as well. Millennials have been changing up a lot when it comes to marriage and the wedding scene in general. Rather than renting out the typical churches and reception halls, this generation have been taking locations into their own hands. They have popularized weddings at vineyards, renovated barns, forests, and pretty much anywhere...
Careful, You Might Catch Divorce
It’s cold and flu season again. Stock up on soup, orange juice, tea, and plenty of water. Colds & flus are highly contagious. But, did you ever think matters of the heart could be contagious too? According to studies at Harvard, Brown, and UC San Diego divorce is apparently contagious as well. How exactly could that be? Studies show that 70% of couples whose friends get divorced end up getting divorced as well. It doesn’t stop there. If a friend of a friend gets divorced, that couple is 33% more likely to get divorced as well. That is somewhat...
