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Many couples report successful marriages despite working demanding jobs.

With proactivity and patience, both traditional and modern couples can blend work and family.

In modern society, many couples do not have the luxury of having one spouse stay home to raise children while the other provides complete financial support. Instead, they struggle to make ends meet in a difficult economy where both parents are working. Raising a family within a dual-income marriage requires motivation, money, and multitasking. Fortunately, however, many couples are able to make it work. Positive work-life blend fuels happy, satisfying marriages and productive work schedules for both husbands and wives. Research explains.

Dual-Income Marital Work-Life Blend

Kaarina Määttä and Satu Uusiautti (2012) investigated factors contributing to the ability to balance work and family within marriage through soliciting input from hundreds of couples who have been married for more than a decade and have been able to combine family life with demanding work schedules.[i]........

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