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Should you tell friends about your affair?
You have a friend who is having an affair or is thinking about having one. What do you say? If you’re a woman, you just might encourage her. At least that’s the result of a recent study I stumbled...
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Why divorced men are quick to marry again
Buzz Aldrin has been promoting his new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, which details his plan to have space travel and a permanent presence on the Red Planet by the 2030s. As...
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Do men have trouble with intimacy?
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Is divorce a social problem or a private decision?
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Is friendship more important than love?
He or she has stuck by you during your most trying times, makes chicken soup when you are sick, takes you to lots of fun events, listens and offers advice when you’re confused, gives you a shoulder to...
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Singles and seniors are redefining home and family
“A place to live is also a way to live.” From the buzz around Kate Bolick’s book Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own to the unfortunate language Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy used in...
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Lena Dunham feels pressure to marry … like lots of Millennials
Lena Dunham is in a bind. In March, the Girls creator boldly told Ellen DeGeneres that she and her boyfriend of three years, Jack Antonoff, would not be tying the knot until same-sex couples could,...
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What happens when ‘all the single ladies’ marry?
I have been reading, and enjoying, Rebecca Traister’s comprehensive new book, All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation, as well as all the various articles about it...
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Relationship anarchy vs. the romantic love script
I’ve long been a fan of the writings of Meg-John Barker, a psychology lecturer and sex and gender therapist whose book, Rewriting the Rules, is a must-read for those who question the romantic love...
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Must you be friends with your former romantic partner?
A few years ago, I broke up with someone I had been seeing for about a year. Because of age differences and life circumstance, we agreed from the beginning that it was not a relationship that was...
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Why your partner shouldn’t fulfill all your needs
Should your spouse be your everything and fulfill all your needs — be your best friend; passionate lover; devoted parent; soul mate; great communicator; romantic, and intellectual and professional...
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Four things to learn from Anna Faris and Chris Pratt’s separation
When Anna Faris and Chris Pratt announced their separation, fans were crushed — it certainly one of those oft-repeated celebrity “love is dead moments.” The couple, who had been married since 2009...
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Does marriage make you a family?
We attach a lot of meaning to marriage — love, commitment, children, financial security, etc. But does marriage make you a family? That’s what attorney, feminist writer, author and newlywed Jill...
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How to be true partners, not lovers
Nora Ephron famously wrote, “Never marry a man you wouldn’t want to be divorced from.” No one’s thinking about divorce as we enter wedding season, yet it’s inevitable that your relationship will...
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The man box is hurting men
As soon as I got the Airbnb inquiry from a man to rent the bedroom in my house for one night so he and his (unnamed) friend could take part in a race early the next day, I had a gut reaction. I’ve had...
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