She and her husband Derek married two days after she turned 20, joking that since they were going to grow up together, it would increase their chance of a lasting union. He was And they were right. They live in Layton, about 20 miles north of Salt Lake City.
Ella likes things organized and prefers to be in charge. Lucy loves skateboarding and dinosaurs and shoes. Family life is pretty much what he envisioned, Derek Wursten told Deseret News. And they still, 15 years in, really love but, even better, like each other, the couple said.
They date when they can. Samantha has several part-time jobs, including teaching marriage and family classes, giving voice lessons and helping at a school. But the best times, they say, are when they just pick something to do and go for it together β hiking or playing games or swimming.
Sometimes, they get out the video games and do dance challenges. Research suggests that Ella, Lucy and Mavi will reap benefits from having two married parents. It gives them more resources β and not just economic ones. Most Americans think marriage helps children and families financially, but there are partisan differences of opinion on how important the institution of marriage is to a successful family life, according to the 10th edition of the nationally representative American Family Survey, released Thursday in Washington, D.
Nearly 8 in 10 Republicans believe marriage is needed to create strong families, while just 4 in 10 Democrats say that. Still, the survey report by political scientists Christopher F. Karpowitz and Jeremy C. Fielded Aug. While majorities do believe marriage is needed to create strong families and offers financial benefits, slightly less than half agree that society is better off when people are married.
