marriage

Being married, typically speaking, comes along with a plethora of benefits to the individual: you are, according to studies, healthier, wealthier, happier and sexually satisfied. Moreover, you would have happier and more successful…

The intimate connection you share with your partner is what makes your relationship special. Yet, you may find yourself unable to open up fully to your spouse. This can result in sexual problems, communication issues, and other marital…

How much marriage advice is out there on the great and powerful Internet? A lot! So, instead of adding to the steadily-accumulating monstrosity, we decided to instead create a best of the best list...so you can skip all the rest! 1. Be…

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. As it turns out, there are plenty of other variables that can make or break your union as well. Emory University researchers…

Nearly half of American marriages end in divorce. However, the word itself still carries a stigma with it - especially when children are involved. Many couples feel pressure to stay in a marriage that is not working for the sake of their …

Marital expert John Gottman has been studying happy and unhappy couples for decades - and his findings still manage to surprise us. In a recent study, Gottman followed 130 newlywed couples for twelve years of marriage to identify factors…

Nobody enters into a marriage planning to get divorced - and somehow, nearly half of American partnerships end this way. Most often, we attribute separation to the simple and unacceptable behaviors that we can easily understand. She slept…

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take," wrote Cardinal Mermillod. It's impossible to overestimate the impact a mother's love can have on her children. In a thousand ways, she makes them…