Let’s face it: Breakups suck.
But in the era of social media where Facebook friends morph within nanoseconds into real-time lovers, then descend just as quickly into frenemy territory, splits and their attendant issues now live on the World Wide Web for all your so-called “friends” to see and engage with. News about relationship difficulties, alleged […]

If you’re a woman in your mid-thirties, the dating scene is challenging enough. You’re conscious of feeling older, wrinkles become a reality, and you feel like your stock value as a potential wife has started to head south faster than the housing market. So in the past year, I decided it was high time […]

If you’re going to become a pioneer for interracial marriage, it’s helpful to have the last name of Loving.
But Mildred Loving didn’t like calling attention to herself for that—or the fact that she and her white husband changed history when they took their fight to make love colorblind all the way to the Supreme Court.
According […]

No matter what genre of music it is, there are always female artists lamenting over a cheating man. Some weep and moan while others keep it gangsta by taking sweet revenge, a la Carrie Underwood in “Before He Cheats” (”I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4-wheel drive/Carved my […]

Two weeks before my 40th birthday, my husband of five years told me he wanted to be with a woman he worked with at Citibank more than he wanted to be with me and our 14-month-old daughter.
I was nearly paralyzed with fear. How was I going to make it as a single parent? What was […]

It’s been a depressing week in relationship news. Not that one philandering neanderthal is enough to dampen our optimistic hearts, but it has made for some heavy-hearted coverage. Consider: Why Men Buy Sex, My Boyfriend Cheated On Me With Hookers, and whether women feeling lackluster about giving blowjobs could really be to blame?
Maybe that’s why […]

Can a firstborn son and a firstborn daughter live happily ever after? Not according to this new book. They’d be likely to experience what’s known as “rank conflict,” or the urge to tear each other limb by limb in a battle for control, which they’re both used to having. Decrypting what order you’re born in, […]

The hot-button question at our office today, from a newly-married guy: Was he allowed to look at other women in his wife’s presence?
“Nooooo,” one woman squealed. “Ab-so-lu-tely not!”
“And you don’t need to crane your neck for her to notice,” cautioned another. “We can detect if your very retinas shift slightly right or left.”
(It’s true: one […]

I just moved in with my boyfriend, hoping that cohabitation would result in more quality time together. But I’m a night owl, while he tucks in early—so we hardly see each other! What can we do to reconcile our mismatched body clocks?
–Maria, 34
Getting circadian rhythms in sync can be challenging, so be aware (as I’m […]

When a couple moves in together, sharing is inevitable - but can combining eating habits turn your meal routine upside down? Find out how to stay healthy, avoiding overindulgence, and still reap the benefits of dining with your darling.