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Couples who refer to themselves as 'we' are happier than those who say 'I', 'me' or 'you.” The study conducted at the University of California at Berkley, found a link between the use of pronouns and marital happiness. According to the study, reported in the Daily News and in the Domestic Diversions blog, middle-aged and older couples who used words like “we” and “us” when discussing their marital disagreements experienced less stress than those couple who used the words “I” “me” and “you.” Not surprisingly, more older couples than middle aged ones identified themselves as “we;” shared life experiences, birth,... More

The odds of a marriage lasting twenty five or even fifteen years are decreasing. Reporting  on recently released marriage census data, the New York Times noted that more than half the Americans who might have celebrated their twenty fifth  wedding anniversaries since 2000 were divorced, separated or widowed before reaching that milestone. "For the first time at least since World War II, women and men who married in the late 1970s had a less than even chance of still being married 25 years later." Of course, one of the reasons for this drop-off is that people are marrying later in... More