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Before you sprint down the aisle, make sure you're actually ready to say, "I do."

Are You Ready For Marriage, Or Are You Rushing Into It?

Love and infatuation can feel a lot alike at first, so are you really ready to exchange vows?

Before you start calling up wedding coordinators and venues, before you start looking for a dress and picking out a cake, put away your emotions long enough to ask yourself a few questions.

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Though engaged, the writer's didn't feel truly "over" her ex until he unfriended her.

Our Breakup Wasn't Complete Until He Unfriended Me On Facebook

An engaged writer unexpectedly learns the power of breaking digital ties with an ex.

After six tumultuous years of being lovers, worst enemies, exes (three times over), and pseudo-friends who would only catch up occasionally via Facebook, my ex Jack finally cut the cord on our online relationship: he de-friended me on Facebook.

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My boyfriend just wasted a huge amount of my time. Help.

"We Picked Out An Engagement Ring... Then He Changed His Mind"

After five years together, my boyfriend still won't propose to me. Should I just give up?

I'm a 27-year-old female, and I've been with my 31-year-old boyfriend for over five years now. About a year ago we started talking seriously about getting engaged within the next six months, but by the time fall rolled around, my boyfriend told me that though he loves me and wants nothing more than a future with me, he was just not ready for an engagement yet.

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Whether or not to take your husband's last name is a highly personal choice.

Engaged Girl: To Take His Last Name Or Not To Take His Last Name?

Half of Americans think women should be legally required to take their husbands' last names.

As an engaged woman, I was both surprised and appalled when I read an article on The Stir stating that 50% of Americans believe it should be legally required for a woman to take her husband's last name. My first thought was: Who took this survey anyway, a bunch of people from Middle-of-Nowhere America (no offense, really) who've been completely cut off from the modern world?

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Why living together before marriage actually decreases your chances of divorce.

5 Reasons You Should Live Together Before Getting Married

I'm engaged to a man I have been living with for the past four years, and we're doing just fine.

After reading a recent study in Glamour which reexamined the long-propagated myth that couples who live together before marriage have a higher chance of divorce, I felt ridiculously triumphant, wagging my finger in a self-aggrandizing "I told you so" to society at large.

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I had sex with my fiancé and got my period smack in the middle of it.

"My Fiance Kicked Me Out For Starting My Period During Sex"

We're about to get married but now he won't return my calls. I'm at my wit's end here.

I had sex with my fiancé and I got my period smack in the middle of it. It was heavy! It stained his sheets, his mattress and it was all over us. This is the first time this has ever happened and he kicked me out of his apartment.

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'Tis the season to be jolly — unless you're in a relationship!

How My Fiance & I Survived The Holiday 'Couples Fighting Season'

December is the most stressful month for couples. How did you do?

December is the most stressful month for couples, according to a study of 2,000 people by Seddons. The study found that a whopping one in five couples consider breaking up because of holiday woes, including bad tidings from financial worries, entertaining extended family members and sharing the workload around Christmas.

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Every girl dreams of her wedding, but not necessarily of the marriage that follows.

I Want A Marriage, Not A Wedding

Sometimes, it's just so easy to forget. First comes wedding, then comes... marriage.

Statistics show most people still want to get married someday. And it seems some women I know want to get married in the worst way. I worry about them succumbing to the pressure, sacrificing everything to get to their big days.

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After five years in a committed relationship, we need to spice things up pronto.

Engaged Girl: Readers, Help Me Spice Up My Relationship!

A recent survey found that half of couples are bored. My fiance and I refuse to be one of them!

A recent Good in Bed survey found that about half of their seriously coupled-up readers were bored, or on the brink of boredom, in their committed relationships. Additionally, nearly a quarter cheated because of boredom!

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A truly great date can enhance your relationship at any stage.

Have You Been On A Great Date Lately?

Take the Good in Bed survey about date nights and receive a free ebook!

Have you been on a great date lately? A truly great date is all about connecting with your partner, feeling closer and enhancing your relationship. The sex-advice site Good in Bed believes that "sometimes it takes extra effort to maintain a romantic relationship." To find out more about your romantic habits, they're launching a new survey on how you navigate "date nights" in your relationship.