Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
Older adults attract scammers with popularity of cyberdating – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Digital technology is not just a way to find information and news, shop, or even search and apply for jobs. For older single adults, getting back into the dating scene can be difficult. It could be after a divorce, or death of a spouse, or just deciding…
Read MoreWhy money is hard for couples – Mary Hunt
by Mary Hunt, contributing writer The phone rings. You pick it up to hear your husband say, “Honey, seven years ago tonight we got engaged. Let’s go to dinner and a movie to celebrate!” Long ago, in what seems like another time and place, you fell in love with this man because he was spontaneous…
Read MoreLove and marriage redux – Jack Partridge
by John J. “Jack” Partridge, contributing writer First things first! I want to thank all who contacted me by email, telephone, and USPS with their comments on my first column for RINewsToday on Valentine’s Day. It was entitled, “Love and Marriage”. The subject of the piece as you may recall was that marriage unlike even…
Read MoreLove and marriage – Jack Partridge
by Jack Partridge, contributing writer According to the hit song of 1985, “love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage – and you can’t have one without the other”, introduced by Frank Sinatra on a television special, a musical version of Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ with lyrics by songsmith, Sammy Cahn. Love may…
Read More“Living Apart Together” couples need to discuss caregiving, health issues with family, each other – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues With divorce rates soaring since the 1990s, and aging baby boomers 50 and older having doubled in number, this trend, along with longer life expectancy and those becoming widowed, has resulted in many older adults forming new partnerships later in life. Researchers call this new phenomenon, “Living…
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