Looking for love? Feeling like you have those wrapped around your ankles? Well…in preparation for the weekend, I have some green organic romantic ideas for you.
Hey, you had me at hello. You know you complete me, right? And, yes, the pic is from Ghost not the Tom Cruise Movie. 
Pretty green movie for its day, molding pottery at home, and yes, get that on your calendar for you and your honey this year. Why not?
Society and culture tell us those words are full of love that cures all and that to be truly happy, we need to find the one who “completes us.”
Is there anything that won’t send us to divorce court? The study identified these as non-issues in the success or failure rates of those studied:
* How many kids a couple has
* Whether or not the wife is employed
* Number of years the couple is employed
Researchers from the Australian National University report that love isn’t what will make us live “happily ever after.” The study, “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” followed 2,500 couples (married or living together) for six years to see which couples stayed together and why.
The study revealed that photos of your spouse in his or her high school yearbook can tell you a lot about whether your marriage will survive.
For example, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm reported on the ‘bonding gene’—a gene modulating the hormone vasopressin, which was strongly tied to how well men fare in marriage. The study suggests that if a man has more vasopressin in the brain, the more likely he’ll want to stick with his partner.
Here’s a rundown of factors that played a significant role in whether those marriages lasted or failed:
- Blending families—20 percent of marriages with kids from prior relationships end in divorce.
- Second/third marriages—90 percent of these couples are likely to separate or divorce.
- Age—If a man is under 25 when he marries or if he’s nine or more years older than his wife, he’s twice as likely to get a divorce than a man who is older than 25 or closer in age to his wife.
- Desire to have children—If the woman has a much stronger desire to have kids than her spouse, the marriage is not likely to succeed.
- Relationship status of parents—If couples come from separated or divorced parents, 17 percent were headed toward the same result, as compared to 10 percent who come from stable homes.
- Smoking—Relationships in which only one person smokes is also a factor toward failure.
- Money—The root of all evil? Well, not exactly, but 16 percent of self-reported “poor” relationships in which the man was unemployed ended in separation or divorce. Only 9 percent of couples who had a healthy bank account went south.
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Contribution from Jon Swartz, USA TODAY










Jared James
on 21 Aug 2009 at 9:03 pm
Very interesting stats Jer. Cool pics too! :D
So do you have a special someone in your life? A nice green soul mate?
Dont be so mysterious!
haha have a great weekend buddy.
:D PEACE :D