The Impact of I Dos and I Don'ts at Work

A new study explores how changes in marriage, divorce and childbirth are redefining the workplace. Newer patterns of marriage - including the trend towards postponing marriage and the ability to control fertility - are causing dramatic changes to unfold in the business environment.

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Housework: The road to marital (and bedroom) bliss?

"Both men and women, in almost equal numbers, agree that the division of household management is a crucial component of a happy marriage, according to a study from the Washington-based Pew Research Center, released last month. 'Sharing of household chores' now ranks third in importance on a list of nine items often associated with successful marriages."

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U.S. Bishops launch marriage Web site

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently launched a Web site designed to promote healthy marriages.

For Your Marriage can: "can aid couples of all faiths. With everything from daily marriage tips to statistics on divorce and cohabitation, this site is an up-to-date resource."

States adopt marriage ed courses

"Texas is the latest state to push marriage education, appropriating $7.5 million this year for programs aimed at reducing divorce rates and, in turn, promoting family stability and economic wellbeing. Couples who attend the Lone Star State’s optional marriage courses will be able to save the $60 they would otherwise pay for a marriage license starting September 1, 2008."

Should government be in marriage prep? Click here and read more.

The risks of cohabitation

Should couples be encouraged to have a free, no-strings-attached trial period to see whether they're compatible? On the surface, this philosophy might seem to have merit. But despite the widely held notion that this burgeoning practice improves the quality of a subsequent marriage, the evidence shows otherwise.

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Love and marriage … and some financial tips

Sarah Colwell of the Colorado Springs Business Journal:

"I wanted to give my brother some financial tools and pieces of advice I wish I had been given earlier in my marriage, and hopefully prevent some arguments in his marriage, at least those involving money."

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Pornography destroys families, speaker tells men

Steve Wood, founder of the Greenville, S.C., addressing a men's conference:

"If you don't have this problem, I guarantee you that you know somebody who does," said Steve Wood, a former Protestant minister who was received into communion with the Roman Catholic Church with his wife and eight children in 1990. "This is going to take your marriage."

Wood says 70% of the calls coming into the center are women asking for help for their pornography-addicted husbands.

Red Sox legend's legendary marriage

From a Globe article on 89-year-old legendary Sox second-baseman Bobby Doerr returning to Fenway this week:

"Monica and Bobby Doerr were married for 65 years. In 1947, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In 1967, when Bobby was a coach of the pennant-winning Impossible Dream team, Monica was forced into a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Doerr became her primary caregiver. He took her fishing. He wheeled her everywhere. Even as his own health declined, he refused to put her in a nursing home.

Bobby Doerr doesn't dwell on the World Series he didn't win or the money he didn't make. A boy of summer in the winter of life, he is sure of only one thing.

"I'll see Monica again, someday," he said. "And I take great comfort in that."