Tag Archives: long marriages

Marriages That Stand the Test of Time

Given the emphasis on divorce recently on the marriage blog, I thought I’d share a few examples of marriages that have stood the test of time. Our local paper this week had an item about Marjorie and Frank Thompson, who this week celebrated 64 years of marriage. The pair met initially at their church’s youth group where romance blossomed. Although they lived for years in Berry, they now reside at Osborne house. Osborne House is a hostel and nursing home that our choir attends regular attends. After 64 years Marjoie and Frank can still say they ‘are very happy,’ which … Continue reading →

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward: A Lesson in Long Marriages Hollywood-Style

I didn’t think I was going to have anything to write about Paul Newman’s death here in the Marriage Blog. I figured that’d be something for the girls who cover the Popular Culture Blog to write about. But as I’ve come across all the different tributes to his life, something’s become glaringly clear: Paul Newman was more than an actor, a race car driver, a camp founder, an activist, and a food line entrepreneur. He was a loving, devoted husband, something he seemed to be just as proud of as he was of any of his other accomplishments. Maybe even … Continue reading →

What Love Is: Learning Long Marriage Secrets from Families.com Members

Earlier this year I committed myself to making the best of Marriage in ‘08. I planned to do that by accentuating the positive and examining tools of the trade others used in their marriages. Especially long lasting marriages. I’m still on that mission, but I’ve already learned a lot. And a lot of it has been gleaned right here from other Families.com members. A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That The very first thing I realized was actually the last of the four rules I wrote earlier this year: One Size Doesn’t Fit All. This is … Continue reading →

More Recent Stats on Long Marriages, Part 2 – The Stats

In Part 1, I defined how I’d interpret the results from the Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001 report Jade pointed out to me that was issued in February 2005. It presented more current findings than the other report I’d found, and also some different (and interesting) stats. That’s what’s presented below. (For your ease of reference, I’m including the Groups breakdown from Part I again so you’ll know which dates I’m referring to.) The Groups The report categorized those married between certain dates, but I’m assigning them group numbers. Group 1 – 1955 to 1959 Group … Continue reading →

More Recent Stats on Long Marriages, Part 1 – Definitions

Last week I provided some stats on long marriages from a U.S. Census Bureau document issued in February 2002 called Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 1996 by Rose M. Kreider and Jason M. Fields. How I missed the more current one, I don’t know, but Jade “The Muse” walker pulled through again by sharing a link with me to a more recent document. Again, it was issued by the U.S. Census Bureau and was authored by Rose M. Kreider, but it is entitled Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001 and was issued in February … Continue reading →

Stats on Long Marriages

Around the same time she sent me a link that resulted in the article Long Marriages: This Family Knows How to Do It, Jade “The Muse” Walker (as I think I’ll now start calling her) also tipped me off to another story about long marriages. This one wasn’t so much an article though. It was posted on a blog called “Kristen’s Brooklyn, NY Blog” and was an invitation. As Jade put it, “Now that’s what I call an Exclusive party.” It certainly was. A man named Marty Markowitz, who’s apparently the Brooklyn Borough President, and his wife hosted an event … Continue reading →

Long Marriages: This Family Knows How to Do It

A few weeks back one of my favorite Families.com commentators, Jade Walker, PM’d me with a subject line that read “A Case for Long Marriages.” Within the PM she included a link to an article and the brief note: “Apparently, the key is to have the wife stay at home.” I would have clicked the link anyway, but that was a definite attention getter. “Has there been some kind of study done proving there’s a correlation between stay-at-home wives/moms and long marriages?” I wondered. Not exactly. But if we study the seven siblings (five sisters and two brothers) who make … Continue reading →