Couples Improve With Age, Book Says by Nanci Hellmich, USA Today (344 hits)
Couples Improve With Age, Book SaysBy Nanci Hellmich, USA Today
(Sept. 3) - Married couples in their later years often show a great deal of affection, says best-selling author Maggie Scarf, 77, who has spent more than 30 years studying relationships. "There's intimacy. There is pleasure in each other's company. They say to each other, 'I love you more than ever.' " Scarf's new book is 'September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years,' released Sept. 3. She has been married for 55 years to Herb Scarf, 78, a Yale professor.