Most partnerships, business or personal, are easy when money is easy. The lucre seems to take the sting out of any disagreements, and, frankly, the cost of disharmony is too high. But according to a new report from the National …
Marriage
How to Make Marriage Work: Treat It Like a Business
Few couples like to think of their marriage as a business, but treating a relationship like a corporation may actually give it the best chance at long-term success. That’s the message behind Spousonomics (Random House), a new …
Divorced Couple Remarry After 56 Years
File this one away under: Adorable. A couple from Yorkshire, where both the cutest terriers and the nicest afternoon teas are from, have remarried after more than 50 years, according their local paper.
Breaking: Don’t Mess With the Marital Bed
Having sex with your lover in the bed that you share with your spouse is really going to mess with your marriage. More shocking even than this is how many column inches The New York Times devotes to this discovery.
What Your Brain Looks Like After 20 Years of Marriage
Contrary to popular opinion, people who say they are still madly in love with their spouses after more than two decades are not crazy. At least, some of them aren’t. And in answer to your next question, apparently they’re not lying either.
Edwards Marrying Hunter. Really?
In a contest of reprehensibility, it’s hard to call who takes the blue ribbon among John Edwards, Rielle Hunter and the editors of the National Enquirer. In the latest installment, the Enquirer is reporting that Edwards has …
5 New Reasons to Get (or Stay) Married this Year
You probably already know that married people on the whole are healthier, wealthier and have more satisfying sex lives than singletons or divorced people. You also already know that, absent some serious conflict, your kids would …
Hef? The Marrying Kind?
There are two schools of thought on Hugh Hefner. According to one school, he’s a skeevy old has-been in his pajamas who created this cheesy media company in the dark ages that exploited both bunnies and women, and who now stars …
Has Infidelity Gone Legit? It Nabs a Starring Role in The New York Times
What’s Sunday morning without a frothy latte and The New York Times’ weddings section? Readers scan the announcements, but what true devotees really relish is the “Vows” column, which profiles a different batch of lovebirds each week.
Why Married Men Are Less Antisocial
A good marriage civilizes men. At least, that’s what it looks like, since fewer married men are antisocial. Married men are more responsible, less aggressive, less likely to do something illegal and more mentally healthy than single ones.
Maybe It’s Not Such a Good Idea to Marry a Doctor…
…especially if you’re a doctor yourself. One of the hallmarks of modern marriage in America is that people tend to marry other people who have similar educational attainments. This is particularly true of doctors. But a new …
Will Polygamy Be Legalized in Canada?
Canada is home to publicly funded universal health insurance, legal gay marriage, a justice system with no death penalty and several relatives of Michael Moore. So it’s safe to say the nation has some significant ideological …
Who Needs Marriage? Men, Apparently
Men, the stereotype goes, are dragged to the altar, fingernails clawing the floor of the church aisle into splinters until the very last step. There may be some truth to that, but once the marriage is underway, the shoe seems to …
