Romania’s Matrimonial Prison

Tucked away in the church grounds of Biertan, a quiet village in Romania, there is a small cottage known as the “matrimonial prison.” It was ...

Hollywood’s Unrealistic Love Stories

In a recent Cosmopolitan article, Pauline Jayne Isaac lists the 36 greatest on-screen love stories of all time. She begins:

The most famous movie couples ...

Real Love Comes After ‘Being in Love’

In the novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (written in 1994) an older man named Dr. Iannis tells his daughter about his love for his late wife. He ...

Actors Can't Live Up to Their Romantic Movie Personas

Americans say they believe in “true love.” In a recent survey, 61 percent of women and 72 percent of men believe in love at first sight. Another ...

For Whom No Wedding Bells Toll

Marriage rates are at a record low in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2021, only 50% of American adults ...

The Type of Love that Makes People the Happiest

Falling in love can be exhilarating, but it isn’t the secret to marital happiness. “Passionate love”—the period of falling in ...

Matrimony Is on the Decline

A national survey in 2014 for the Austin Institute showed that:

56% of evangelicals between ages 20 and 39 were currently married. Only 42% of the rest ...

The Secret of Marital Love

In the novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin, an old man is talking to his daughter about the secret of marital love between he and his late wife. He tells ...

What the Veil Hides

An Indian bride called off her own wedding after getting a look at her groom for the first time on their wedding day. At a reception preceding the ceremony, ...

Marriage is Not a Magical Fantasy

People magazine reports that congrats are in order again for Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Baldwin. The couple retied the knot, on September 30th, ...