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Thursday, June 02, 2011
is there an "affair epidemic" among the rich and famous?

:: 0 Comments :: Article Rating :: family, love, sex, relationships, guest blogger, divorce 		 

It seems that the news has almost weekly reports of a famous couple who has experienced a breach in the marriage by one party or the other having extramarital relations. Today it's Arnold and Maria, last week it was Shania Twain's husband, before that Jesse James, Kelsey Grammar, John Edwards, David Letterman, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, etc., etc., etc. The list certainly seems endless. So, what is going on?


Last summer, James Fowler of University of California, San Diego, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard University and Rose McDermott of Brown University released the results of a 30-year study of the trends of divorce among family, friends and co-workers.


According to the numbers they culled, they determined that divorce is contagious.



Read the rest of the blog piece on Huffington Post


Susan Pease Gadoua, LCSW is the author of Stronger Day by Day: Reflections for Healing and Rebuilding After Divorce .
Posted By adia / 11:07 AM / Thursday, June 02, 2011
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