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Marriage is a persistent human behavior that is present in practically every culture across the globe. It is generally understood that marriage is the legal or religious unification of two people who commit themselves to each other in various forms of romantic, legal, emotional, spiritual, and financial support; however, there are a myriad of differing expectations about what that unification should look like and how it should be maintained. The joys and challenges of staying committed and connected to another person are profound. From deciding on if and when to have children to where to live to how long dirty dishes stay in the sink, navigating life as a married couple is full of negotiations, compromises, and challenged expectations.

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Disengaging Stepmoms: 5 Signs It’s Time to Step Back

Many stepmothers begin the commitment phase of their relationships with an engagement ring. Women who love men with children hear the statistical improbability of successful remarriage and dismiss it, knowing in their hearts that theirs is the love that will beat the odds.

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David Whyte on the Three Marriages of Work, Self, and Relationship

The most difficult of David Whyte‘s three marriages, found in his wonderful book, The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, is the marriage to the self, which lies beneath both the marriages of work and relationships.

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Have Children? Here’s How Kids Ruin Your Romantic Relationship

For around 30 years, researchers have studied how having children affects a marriage, and the results are conclusive: the relationship between spouses suffers once kids come along.

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We Do: The Book Brigade Talks to Couples Therapist Stan Tatkin

A good relationship brings out the best in partners, is a boon to mental and physical health and a barrier to illness. But the foundation of a good relationship today is different from what couples needed a generation ago. What does it take now?

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4 Signs You’re Carrying the Emotional Labor in Relationships

Being in any type of relationship involves some level of emotional commitment, which can, at times, feel draining. But, if you carry a disproportionately large load of the emotional labor in relationships, that level of drain is likely high and potentially unsustainable.

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Are Same-Sex Marriages Different from Heterosexual Marriages?

Scientists have found that the psychological and social aspects of committed relationships between same-sex partners largely resemble those of heterosexual partnerships.

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What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?

“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”

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Intimacy Exists Outside of Just Sex—Here Are 4 Other Kinds

There are at least four types of intimacy that don't involve sex or touch at all—but are just as impactful in a romantic partnership.

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The Top 5 Things People in Neurodiverse Couples Should Know

Romantic relationships are hard enough, but what if your partner is autistic?

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Motherhood and Sexuality by Bette Gordon & Catherine Texier

Perhaps it is time to open the door on the secret, sexual lives of mothers, even if it is hard for children—and we, as readers, have all been children—to contemplate this taboo: our own mother’s sexuality.

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