Bringing two Massachusetts families together under one roof certainly isn’t as easy as The Brady Bunch made it look. After all, the famed sitcom blended family had the luxury of resolving vexing issues in a tight 30 minute time slot. But in reality, blended families...
The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory lists a Massachusetts divorce as the number two stress in life, right below the death of a spouse, but above jail and serious personal illness or injury. This probably doesn’t come as a surprise for those of us who’ve had to go through...
Let’s face it: Relationships are strange. People get together because they’re attracted to one another and share a few interests. They fall in love. Flash forward a few years and they’re having kids and signing legally binding documents about home ownership and...
Individual Retirement Arrangements, or IRAs, provide tax incentives for people to make investments that can provide financial security for their retirement. These accounts can be set up with a bank or other financial institution, a life insurance company, mutual fund...
A Massachusetts relationship is designed for mutual expression of romantic emotions and feelings and it can easily be observed through concern, attention and care for one’s spouse or partner. But in a situation where one partner is not living up to this expectation,...
What does it take to create a happy Massachusetts marriage? There are so many different parts that work in unison to keep a good relationship hum. We all know the big ones: Love. Trust. Hard work. Commitment. Understanding. A good sense of humor. However, a...
For more than three decades, a silent revolution has been unfolding without much comment, creating a seismic shift in American and Massachusetts families and families in other countries. Three to four generations of families are feeling the effects. While the divorce...
There are few things as destructive to a Massachusetts monogamous marriage as cheating. It's one of the quickest ways to erode trust, leave one partner feeling betrayed, and throw every other aspect of the relationship into question. Yet, according to a 2004 study...
You’ve probably thrown the words, narcissist and sociopath, around when describing your Massachusetts spouse who you think may be one. But, do you really know the meaning and differences between a sociopath v. narcissist? Calling someone a narcissist is pretty loaded...
Even if you have no idea what “attachment styles” are, you’ve experienced them in your Massachusetts marriage. If you’ve been involved with someone who routinely texts “Where are you?? Let me know asap!” when they haven’t heard from you in a couple hours, or worried...