A 37-year-old Florida housewife is out on bail after being accused of faking her own abduction, lying about the sexual assault that happened during her kidnapping, and trying to extort $50,000 from her husband, reports The Huffington Post. 

Ponte Vedra Beach resident Quinn Gray says she was held against her will Labor Day weekend, while eyewitnesses say she wasn't in distress while with her apparent lover during the dates she was supposedly taken. Authorities say the evidence isn't adding up, and Gray was arrested on September 17th and charged with extortion. Her response? If she wanted $50,000 from her husband, … Read More

To celebrate that women now make up half of the workforce (woot woot!) Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress have released The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything. The publication explains what most of us already know—mainly that Americans love the money that working women make, but they're bummed that women aren't doing as much housework as in ye good old days.

Amusingly, the report touts the fact that men do not feel they've lost the "battle of the sexes." That's no surprise to us.

Maybe back in the day, men genuinely feared that women might start being … Read More

With strapped wallets, tightened belts and the national unemployment rate nearing double-digits, we can only hope that rumors of the recession's demise prove true—and soon. Here at YourTango, we wanted to know how the economic downturn in the U.S. has affected dating, marriage, sex and family already, and which of these changes will stick when the recession's over. 

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Andrew Cherlin, author of The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today, says that since people tend to pull together during a crisis, it wouldn't be surprising to see an overall rise in the marriage … Read More

Love and marriage, love and marriage, they say it goes together like a horse and carriage. Well, perhaps it did in times gone by, when things like "horses" and "carriages" were relevant.

Unless you're living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, they just aren't anymore, are they?

If you count yourself in the under-30 crowd then you're sure to agree: One-third of young Americans (18-29) believe that marriage is an "antiquated institution," according to a newly released Zogby/Scoop44 interactive survey.

Contrast that against the 30-49, 50-64, and 65+ brackets—which definitively answered "not antiquated" (less than a quarter of people 30-49 and only 12 percent … Read More

Up until recently, if anyone had bothered to ask about my sex drive (which they never did), I would have said it was normal. I enjoyed sex as much as the next woman. But like many urban professionals, I was often too busy thinking about, say, the implications of some new regulation to give much thought to the sexual impulses that spiraled through my brain each day like dust motes.

Now that I have traded in my dry-cleaned, button-down, inoffensively colored work shirts for a set of neon green pajamas, the dust is gathering attention.

If I'm any example, Read More

Strong, independent women can be a source of concern for some men. Don't let this get you down. Matt and Tamsen chime in with some helpful advice.

See what others had to say and give advice here: Are men threatened by independent women?

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Money is a reliable source of tension in relationships, in both married couples and those not yet in wedded bliss. Karin Mizgala wrote an article in the Canadian Financial Post with suggestions about how couples can ward off money problems. She says:

While talking about money can be often be more difficult and emotionally charged than talking about sex, religion or politics, a simple conversation about money can save you a lot of tension and resentments throughout married life.

Below, we've expanded on Karin's tips and come up with six steps to ensuring a financially successful union. Are … Read More

Two years ago I could go for days without setting foot in my kitchen. Work had taken over my life, and I didn't even make coffee for myself. I had lots of nice things—four sizes of pots, skillets, a stock pot, a wok, baking sheets, pie plates, a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a bread maker, a KitchenAid mixer—but they were just crowding my kitchen.

While fantasizing about a balanced life, I read the book Apartment Therapy by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan. To get the most out of your living space, it advises cooking at least one meal a week at home. So … Read More

We've all heard (and perhaps lived by) the motto: opposites attract. Maybe we've only leaned on this old cliche in order to quiet naysayers and excuse an illogical attraction to somebody so obviously wrong. Opposites Attract When It Comes To Spending Money

A recent study by the University of Michigan proves (once again) that when it comes to spending and saving, those with a strong inclination to either financial style end up attracted to their opposite.

Out of a pool of 1,000 married and unmarried adults, the researcher found this attraction has roots in the … Read More