Archive | Money & Marriage

The Money/Happiness Connection Revisited

It’s a timeless question: does more money translate into more happiness?  A new study by researchers at the Center for Health and Well-Being at Princeton University shows that happiness does increase with income – to a point.  At $75,000 per year, happiness levels off. But the study was actually more nuanced than that.  The researchers […]

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Is Frugal the New Cool?

In today’s budget-conscious era, frugality is in.  But for singles, how does penny-pitching play on the dating scene? As reported in The New York Times, ING Direct recently asked 1,000 people (presumably single people) what words would come to mind if they were fixed up for a date with someone described as frugal?  The most […]

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Spice Up Your Marriage With a… Budget!

Okay, a budget may not exactly add romance to your marriage, but it may help reduce marital money fights.  A new national survey I commissioned from the market research firm Synovate found that married people who use a budget experience fewer financial disagreements with their spouse than those who don’t use a budget (see the […]

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Do You Work Too Much?

Marriages involving a workaholic are twice as likely to end in divorce, according to a study done by Bryan Robinson, a University of North Carolina researcher and author of Chained to the Desk.  In an ABCNews.com story, Robinson makes a distinction between workaholics and hard workers.  While workaholics, of course, work more hours than others, […]

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