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From makeup sex to the silent treatment, couples have diverse spat-solving techniques.
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"My wife and I were doing some home renovation, and, I’ll be … Read More
Smoking habits, age, and children out of wedlock play a surprising role in a marriage's longevity.
Full disclosure: we find ourselves sometimes sickeningly optimistic enought to think that true love might still be enough metaphorical glue to keep a union together. Marriage Advice for Guys
Ha Ha says a group of Australian scientists.
In a study labeled, "What's Love Got to Do With It" a team of Aussie researchers followed 2, 500 couples from 2001 to 2007 and unearthed a slew of surprising facts about what actually keeps a couple together.
For starters, all of you ladies out there who yearn for an older, distinguished George Clooney type—buyer beware. The study found that women who are … Read More
These unmarried stars love each other to death, even if they never put a ring on it.
First comes love, then comes marriage—but maybe not in Tinseltown. Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal weren't the only celebrities who preferred free love to marriage: these Hollywood soulmates are as well-known for their unconventional approaches to long-term relationship as they are for their careers. We give them a standing ovation for their unique commitments to making it work...so just why are we still calling it common law? Love, Money & Commitment: The Life Of An Un-Wife
Oprah Winfrey & Stedman Graham - The 55-year-old media maven and her author-businessman beau, 58, have been together since … Read More
Keep the dullness out of your relationship and you'll decrease your chances of divorce.
Is your partner still the same man you married? Does he have the same pep in his step and sense of idealism that you fell for back when he was buying you drinks and begging for a second date? Perhaps he's a bit wearier, a bit weightier or even a bit weathered from the financial storm that has threatened to take the fun and spontaneity out of marriage.
Don't let life's downers drag you down. Moreover, don't allow your hectic schedules and harried lifestyles make you so preoccupied you forget to have a little fun. When couples … Read More
The Money Couple on when to broach the money topic and how to test the transparency waters.
"Eventually, money affects every part of a romantic relationship. Where you live, where you eat, where you vacation, where your kids go to school and what car you drop them off in," says Bethany Palmer of The Money Couple, who co-wrote First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage with her husband. The tricky part is knowing at what point financial matters should enter your relationship and how to broach the topic.
"Finances are an intimate part of life and you may get resistance when you first mention the topic. You don't want to jump the gun and talk … Read More
Send your partner flying with these new acro-yoga moves. Watch the video instructions here!
Remember how much fun you had playing the airplane game as a child? There you were airborne, hoisted onto someone else's knees. Well, you can relive the fun now with your man through this acro-yoga workout. This relatively new variation of yoga starts with standard poses and then adds layers of influence from Thai massage and circus tricks. The Washington Post puts its newest fitness columnist, Leonard Bernstein, to the newbie test with this acro-yoga routine made for couples. It was his first time ever trying any sort of yoga—and we'd say he passed with flying colors.
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How couples cope when no one is bringing home the bacon.
When couples get hitched they agree, often in front of large audiences, to support each other through the thick and thin. It's well understood that there will be times when one of the partners in the union will need a bit of propping up. But what happens when both partners need a boost? As the nation continues to wade through waves of unemployment, many households are going from two regular paychecks to no paychecks at all, reports Joann Lublin in The Wall Street Journal.
Talk about putting a strain on a marriage. In April, the national … Read More
Couples who've been married up to 50 years share their tricks to making wedlock work.
These real-life couples have been in the marriage trenches and they're still laughing, smiling, having a ball. Here, their secrets to making love last for the long haul.
"We're best friends. You really have to like each other to last. When the sex becomes less important you better enjoy doing things together (while still doing things apart). We drive for days to car shows sometimes. So we better like each other." Ralph has been married to Teresa for 17 years.
"A key to success was my willingness to give up the home decor I had brought into our Read More
An Oxford mathematician thinks he's figured out the perfect equation to lasting love.
We liken relationships to clouds in the sky—no two identical and (try as we may) impossible to generalize or wager an accurate guess on their outcome. People are too complicated and inconsistent for that, no? Which was why we raised a skeptical eyebrow when we saw a headline about an Oxford professor's mathematical model having a near perfect track record in predicting a couple's success.We've seen math models used in economics—which of course involve people and their actions involving consumption—but how is one to turn the whimsies of husband X and the moods of … Read More