In the book "For Better and Worse," author Stephanie Coontz analyzes the gradual erosion of marriage in the United States.

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1."My great aunt told me, 'We were lucky enough to never fall out of love with each other at the same time.' This has proven to be so true. You will fall in and out of love like a roller coaster, but ...

Many of the things married people have in their homes are subtle reminders of the life they're building together. While there’s plenty of research to suggest that things like sharing household ...

We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community, "What's your reason for staying in a marriage that doesn't make you happy?" We shared these two articles with some emotional accounts from folks ...

Why do so many people stay in loveless marriages? That’s a tough question. Marriage may start with a beautiful wedding, champagne toasts, and romantic date nights, but after a few years, the ...

Whether they wed in the '80s or had more recent nuptials like Sofia Ritchie and Millie Bobby Brown, these Hollywood pairs are still going strong Stephanie Sengwe is a pop culture enthusiast with over ...

More than a decade ago, social scientists established the trajectory of satisfaction with life for people who got married and stayed married. By then, many studies had already shown that in the years ...

In sickness and in health? A new study found tying the knot may be linked to a lower risk of cancer. In the study, published April 8 in Cancer Research Communications, researchers from the Sylvester ...