Show Threatens Mid-Life Marriage By FRIEDA KAYE Many already strained by altered interests and demands for personal may soon be under additional pressure from the economic And experts believe there may be even more year because of HAD hoped the economic situation might bring couples together 1 don't see reflects Alfred an Atlanta psychiatrist whose 1969 study on the trend toward the dissolution of long-standing marriages concluded that most breakups occurred in child-oriented And when the last child left the marriage Reasons for splitting are much more varied Messer Liberalized divorce laws and relaxed attitudes toward divorce are contributing But most in his is a pervasive deserve attitude that has encouraged new and frequently HE PREDICTS a recession 1 will produce more marital disturbance and your approach to life is I then you won't accept financial woes and the You'll want Affluence has uncoupled couples but money has held shaky marriages see husbands and wives who stay together because they can go their own have fun and still maintain the old says Mary Jane a California marital they can't afford their usual they're bound to break SEXUAL compatibility is threatened as many men relate potency with economic Troubled financial worries and male mid-life they may look outside marriage for solace and If the forecasts come to divorce already could go even Latest government statistics show that of this nation's annual half million one of four divorces separated couples who were wed 15 years or And one in six compared with one in 25 before world war II terminated marriages of 25 years and WHAT CAN you do to prevent Renew and revitalize the old advise the doing things you did during urges Go out once a week for coffee and just Pay attention and listen to one BACK Messer of every age should make it a habit once a week or more to sit down to a candlelight dinner You can awaken original feelings and fantasies in that Couples willing to work to beat the blahs may be helped by a the experts Thrown back on their own they'll be forced to rely on one another once HUNGERFORD sums the relationship is good they can be inventive without money and it's a great opportunity to revive the early days of their If the relationship is bad cutting down will worsen They won't be able to afford to dull the |