Author Archives: jimengland13

What can make our marriages stronger? We can help strengthen our marriages by remembering our reasons for getting married. Did we get married for tax purposes? To have more money by having dual income? To raise kids a certain way? To impress our friends with how great our spouse is? Probably not. In my caseContinue reading “Week 4”

I found the descriptions of the history of marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) to be very interesting. Especially on page 6 where they are talking about the change that came from women getting more rights. It starts with “As the role and status of women changed, the institution further evolved. Under the centuries-old doctrineContinue reading “Week 3 Blog Post”

 I have been fairly lucky in that I haven’t seen a lot of divorce in my life. My parents have a great relationship that they have been working on their whole marriage and as such I haven’t given that much thought to divorce so this week has been a lot of new information for me.Continue reading “Week 2 post”