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# relationships


## relationships


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6420cc12cdabbc0b/6a69271ee6110c4091478a87/How_to_Stop_Being_Defensive.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 29, 2026  
## [How to Stop Being So Defensive During Arguments](https://time.com/article/2026/07/29/how-to-stop-being-defensive-in-arguments/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac8a1426902625a3/6a29aa5f5dd931a61e851ceb/T2T_Effective_Argument.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2026  
## [How to Fight Better, According to Couples Therapists](https://time.com/article/2026/06/11/rules-for-fighting-fair-relationship-couples-therapist-advice/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt398e634af1d5ca46/6a03da5a1423c14d2dbfaf36/Empathy.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 13, 2026  
## [The Secret to Ending Arguments Faster](https://time.com/article/2026/05/13/empathy-exercises-therapists-recommend-conflict/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c48671cadd1f378/69fb9f400902cfed74f6b1fa/The_Myth_of_the_Good_Listener.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 7, 2026  
## [The Real Reason Your Partner Says You Don't Listen](https://time.com/article/2026/05/07/why-your-partner-says-you-dont-listen/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29436b0805b1ac15/69d3ecabf39eed3c2c52ced5/GettyImages-1340651868.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 8, 2026  
## [6 Key Signs of an Emotionally Unavailable Partner](https://time.com/article/2026/04/03/emotionally-unavailable-partner-signs-therapists/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta52d6078c30327fe/69c1ed27a66f4e1a1906eaa9/OSC_Questions.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 24, 2026  
## [The Secret to Stronger Friendships: Ask Better Questions](https://time.com/article/2026/03/24/how-to-ask-better-questions-friends-connection/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52452b24db690dcb/69b9ccc0a8d447fadcdb7a9a/Time_to_talk_How_are_you.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 18, 2026  
## ['How Are You?' Has Lost All Meaning. Here's A Better Way To Greet People](https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/how-are-you-question-meaning-listening/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt
* ![Woman walking near cardboard boxes stacked against wall](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6746b2de5be92403/698a3e4a22fb8543bfe2ecfd/single-economy-americans-dating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2023  
## [Single at 40? Blame the Economy](https://time.com/6291040/unmarried-40-single-economy-pew/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Parents Money](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2265f85de036544/698a39b3096a94dd3c6ad6d9/parents-1.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2023  
## [What Parents Want for Their Kids' Futures](https://time.com/6249408/parents-importance-career-marriage-children-pew/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![The pandemic has caused a shift in priorities when it comes to the qualities singles look for in romantic relationships.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt483cfe489b535ad0/698a1eab86f68e3a186f07e8/singles-dating-new-study-emotional-maturity-covid.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2021  
## [Singles Are Starting to Care Less About Looks. Here’s What They Want Instead](https://time.com/6115383/match-singles-in-america-study-2021/)  
by Cady Lang  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3355018ad99d4828/698a1a08b3fce39b830c7fbd/Wedding-spread-version-5-for-social.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 29, 2021  
## [Weddings Are Happening in 2021\. Are Guests Ready?](https://time.com/6051959/weddings-covid-19/)  
by Eliana Dockterman
* ![Living alone single during the pandemic](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3e6b268da2c89ea/698a18b5db2987010d266783/pandemic-living-alone-single-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 17, 2021  
## [Being Single Was Just a Part of Their Lives Before the Pandemic. Then It Became the Defining One](https://time.com/5955250/single-during-covid-19-pandemic/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants v Buffalo Bills](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7113dd17ed88e1f/698a0a4f096a945e076a7bd0/whitney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 17, 2020  
## [What Whitney Houston's National Anthem Taught Me About America](https://time.com/5784149/whitney-houston-wedding/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by R. Eric Thomas
* ![DIVORCEES WELCOME](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a2d1b043b468071/698a0a4209208fe410416527/divorce-sign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 14, 2020  
## [How Reno Became the 'Divorce Capital of the World'](https://time.com/5783893/reno-divorce-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Sofia Grant
* ![Michigan State Capitol Building](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63322a127c8572f3/698a09b28fd2ee5cbd360d79/michigan-capitol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 4, 2020  
## [When U.S. Laws Punished Men for 'Seduction,' Women Were the Ones Who Got Judged](https://time.com/5776805/seduction-law-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Clement Knox

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