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Jada Pinkett Smith says she’s not built for a conventional marriage. Are you?

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Maybe instead of presenting our best and what we want in others, we might want to consider what we find challenging about ourselves as romantic partners.

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There are many ways to end a marriage lovingly and kindly, not only to your soon-to-be former spouse, but also to yourself.

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Your kid’s in their late 20s. Maybe flirting with their 30s. You know, millennials. They’re forging ahead in their career or graduate school or basically anything else that seems to indicate they are on a path toward self-sufficiency (and what parent doesn’t want to see them nail that?) and a meaningful life. They’re adulting! There’s […]

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Miley Cyrus’ in-your-face admission that her sexual attraction for others didn’t necessarily end once she married is an important, honest discussion.

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Men who are childless at midlife aren’t given the same empathy as women. Why?

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I’m not sure how many men read articles or buy books about marriage, and I say this as the co-author of a book on marriage. Although men have historically gained the most from the institution, it’s generally women who are attuned to a relationship’s temperature and, thus, are most likely to read up on how […]

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“Love Actually” writer Richard Curtis and Emma Freud have been together 28 years and have for kids together. They’re not married. Here’s why it matters.

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Considering how so many people think and say horrible things about people who leave a relationship — especially if they have children, especially if they split to be with someone new — it’s rather surprising that fans were willing to throw that out the window for the sake of the chemistry they perceived between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

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Gwyneth Paltrow has done it again. She’s upset people because she chooses to follow her own path instead of one society thinks she should be in because, well, “everyone knows divorce is hard and everyone knows married couples live together. Gwyneth has proven them wrong yet again. Recently, she announced that she and her new […]

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