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Thursday, April 09, 2009


What?!? Children put a strain on marriages? Who'd a thunk it!?!
Parents all know that children make it harder to do some of the most enjoyable adult things. Bluntly put, kids can get between you.

Now scientists have attached some numbers to the situation.

An eight-year study of 218 couples found 90 percent experienced a decrease in marital satisfaction once the first child was born.
I thought people had kids to improve their marriage? What gives. The money quote:
Couples who lived together before marriage experienced more problems after the birth of a child than those who lived separately before marriage, as did those whose parents fought or divorced.

However, some couples said their relationships were stronger post-birth. They tended to have been married longer or had higher incomes.
Higher income makes life more tolerable, even with a spouse and child that are smothering your creative talent and keeping you from starting that band you've always dreamed of, or pulling all your money out of your checking account and running away and living under an assumed name in a small college town with a young girl who wears cotton sun dresses? I can't imagine why?

I mean, nuthin'



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