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More People Think It's Fine for Unwed Couples to Live Together. Here's Why Many Still Think Marriage Is Better

By Belinda Luscombe

Why You Shouldn’t Love Your Kids More Than Your Partner

By Belinda Luscombe

Why Even the Best Marriages Are Hard Sometimes

By Belinda Luscombe

Ask Dr. Ruth: When Should I See a Sex Therapist?

By Dr. Ruth Westheimer
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Love Languages Author: How to Be There for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s

More married couples looking for help have sought it out from Gary Chapman's colossal bestseller [tempo-ecommerce src="https://www.amazon.com/dp/080241270X/?tag=timecom-20" title="The 5 Love Languages" context="body"] than any other modern book. More recently, the quietly spoken pastor and counselor...

By Belinda Luscombe

Why Marriage Is Linked to a Lower Risk of Dementia

People who have never married or whose spouse has died are at increased risk of developing dementia compared to married people, according to a new review in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. But...

By Amanda MacMillan

Affairs Are Only Human — But That Shouldn't Be Your Excuse

We've reconsidered divorce. Now we're rethinking infidelity. But are we missing the point?

By Belinda Luscombe

It’s Time For Holiday Shopping Season to Go

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

The Surprising Link Between Marriage and Heart Health

People in marriages that steadily get sweeter have lower cholesterol and healthier weight than marriages that stay the same, according to a new 16-year study. But both were preferable to marriages that got worse: couples...

By Amanda MacMillan

Marriage Is Becoming a Mark of Privilege

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

50 Years Ago This Week: 'Individuals Marry, Not Races'

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By Lily Rothman

Why Marriage Is Harder Than Ever-and Maybe Better Too

Forget Will and Kate. Forget George and Amal. And forget, even, Barack and Michelle. The ideal modern marriage is the one between Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu and her American husband Shane Tusup. Did their epic...

By Belinda Luscombe

How Marriage May Literally Break Your Heart...or Keep it Healthy

Fighting with a partner is as bad for the heart as being overweight, say doctors.

By Belinda Luscombe

Meet Harvey and Irma: The Married Couple

A couple who have been married for 75 years happen to share their names with the back-to-back hurricanes that have battered the Gulf Coast and Caribbean. According to the New York Times, this is the...

By Megan McCluskey

A Guy Read 50 Years Worth of Relationship Studies. He Came Up With 17 Strategies

A psychology professor narrowed it down to the most common techniques that most couples use

By Belinda Luscombe

23 Honeymoon Destinations for Every Type of Couple

From the artistic couple to those who love adrenaline

By Ciara Appelbaum / Business Insider

Elderly Couple Couple Traveled 5 Million Miles to Hit Every Cracker Barrel in America Except One

America just found itself a new heroic couple. Ray and Wilma Yoder, the 80-year-old Indiana-based couple, have made pilgrimages to 644 of 645 Cracker Barrel locations in the United States, accordingto Lebanon Democrat . That's...

By Lena Grossman

Marriage Is a Lot Harder Than I Thought

'The tiny things that irked me slightly in the beginning now irk me mightily'

By Paula Derrow / Real Simple

U.K. Celebrates One of Its First Same-Sex Muslim Marriages

Newlyweds Jahed Choudhury and Sean Rogan are helping make history in the U.K., which legalized same-sex marriage in 2013. (It's still not on the books in northern Ireland.) But another element of Choudhury's identity sets...

By Raisa Bruner

A Widow Wrote This Searing ‘Rage Defense’ of Patton Oswalt’s Engagement

'Who gave you the position to judge when it’s "too soon"?'

By Erica Roman
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