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On Second Thought For Tuesday, February 14, 2017
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On this special Valentine's Day show, we spend the day talking to Georgia couples who’ve kept romance alive even though they work together. We also talk about the challenge of being single, along with the falling divorce rate.
We start with a story of truly enduring love. J.B. and Lynette Tuttle have been married for more than 70 years. The Savannah couple is now in their 90s. They're both retired and live together in a nursing home. GPB's Sean Powers brings us their timeless story of romance.
And there may be more couples like the Tuttles in the future because more people are staying married. The divorce rate peaked in the 1970s and '80s, but it's been declining ever since. We talked with sociology professor Kristi Hoffman and economics professor Justin Wolfers some time back about why more marriages are succeeding or at least enduring.
The Martin Prosperity Institute analyzed census data and found there are roughly 80,000 more single women than single men in Atlanta. It’s one of the largest gaps in the country. But we’ll talk about the numbers later. First we wanted to hear about the singles scene from women in Atlanta. So we asked a couple of dating bloggers to join us. Brittany Manson writes about her dating life in the blog, Alone in Atlanta. Latesha Lynch is the author of Love in the “A.” We also talked with sociology professor Philip Cohen of University of Maryland and history professor Angela Boswell of Henderson State University.
Finally, we hear about a story of romance that’s working…literally. This couple lives and works together. Peter Mavrogeorgis and Blake Olmstead are the creative force behind the band Twisty Cats. They moved to Savannah a few years ago from New York. By day, they run a recording studio. By night, they perform what they call electro, gotha-billy, psych-punk-pop.