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The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Unwedded Bliss Most of the country's laws assume families will be headed by married couples. That means unmarried couples need to think more carefully about how to arrange their joint financial lives.
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Inc. October 2004 Michael S. Hopkins	How To Work (If You Must) With Your Spouse The challenges of working with a spouse are many. Here's how entrepreneurial couples can overcome them.
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Salon.com March 19, 2001 Maria Russo	The marriage hoax Conservative moralists, alarmed by the divorce rate, want us to return to a Golden Age of Marriage. Too bad it never existed.
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Investment Advisor February 2007 Susan L. Hirshman	Prenups and Protection Although a number of financial planning aspects are key to a marriage, the prenup may be moving higher on some of your wealthier clients' priority lists.
Entrepreneur April 2005 Geoff Williams	Sharing the Love Do entrepreneurs make good spouses? It depends whom you talk to, of course, but marriage to an entrepreneur can be difficult. Yet it can be rewarding, too.
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Entrepreneur August 2007 Mark Henricks	Keep Your Single Staff in Mind Play fair with single employees' benefits if you want them to stick around. Single employees don't usually demand the flexible work schedules that those with families often do, and they don't always appreciate it when married workers get special privileges.
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Susan Berfield	Does Your Marriage Need A Postnup? Postnuptial agreements can help ease tension as couples' fortunes change - and keep them out of divorce court.
Inc. December 1, 2009 Meg Cadoux Hirshberg	10 Tips for a Happy Marriage Here are a list of rules for entrepreneurs who aspire to a happy marriage and thriving family life.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	White Paper He Said, She Said: Affluent households in which both spouses work are more likely to share the responsibility of meeting with the financial advisor.
ifeminists December 30, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse	Fruitful Love Marriage and Infertility I have argued that procreation and spousal unity are the natural, organic purposes of human sexuality. If this is so, what about the infertile couple?
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Salon.com February 13, 2001 Garrison Keillor	My boyfriend reminds me of my mother He's trustworthy, loving and completely dedicated to me, but lately my carnal feelings have been directed elsewhere... etc.
ifeminists December 4, 2006 Carey Roberts	The Silence of the Wedding Bells The family is the very building block of a civilized and prosperous society. But there's one fact that's hard to dispute: our country faces an acute shortage of marriage-minded men.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Olivia Mellan	Turn, Turn, Turn Even when life's changes are good, coping with them can be daunting for you and your financial advisory clients. Here are some examples to help guide you in easing your clients' transition to new ways of life.
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Salon.com June 24, 2002 Heather Havrilesky	On bended knee Pro-marriage revivalists praise matrimony as the way and the light. But are they bowing to a false god?
Inc. June 2007 Daniel Akst	Partners in Business and Life If you and your spouse are co-owners of a business, you need to get your ducks in a row. Tactfully.
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