When we asked readers if they would marry their spouse again, out of around 8000 votes 52% said no, 28% said yes, 17% said they didn't know, and 1% said they already did get remarried to their former spouse. The statistics quoted in America at Home are a bit different.
"80 percent of married men say they would marry the same woman if they took a time machine back to the day they got married. Only 50 percent of married woman would do the same."
Source: Rick Smolan, Jennifer Erwitt. America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live. 2008. pg. 141.
When talking with married couples about date nights, we recommend getting out of the house. America at Home pictured an elderly couple who prove that isn't always necessary. They have the same date night every week -- at home.
"Aino and John Katsos, 86 and 90, ask their friends not to call them between 6 and 8 in the evening. That's when they listen to their extensive record collection, reminisce, or talk about the world. She was a teacher; he was a seaman. On Friday nights, they add dinner and candlelight to the mix."
Source: Rick Smolan, Jennifer Erwitt. America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live. 2008. pg. 36.
The other books I read were about the lost dreams of families due to the erosion of beaches in the Pacific Northwest. They were informative, and the couples and families profiled were determined folks, but the pictures of crumbling homes and destroyed towns was depressing. I'm glad the last book I read during my escape this morning was America at Home. (Compare Prices)
Interesting Discoveries in America at Home originally appeared on About.com Marriage on Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at 04:11:12.
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