Marriage Sustains Love; Love Doesn't Sustain Marriage

While imprisoned by the Nazis in Tegal Prison's Cell 92, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a beautiful sermon for the wedding of his niece and his friend (Eberhard ...

Actor Will Smith's Positive View of Marriage

Actor Will Smith discussed his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith, revealing that the nearly 20 years they've been together have been filled with ups and ...

'The Good Wife's Guide' from 1965

On May 13, 1965, Housekeeping Monthly offered the following advice to women in what they called "The Good Wife's Guide":

Plan ahead, even the night before, ...

Surprising Factors That Predict Divorce

Two researchers at Emory University studied 3,000 married couples in the U.S. to determine the factors that predicted divorce. They discovered some surprising ...

Modern Marriages Loaded with Ridiculously High Expectations

In a popular TED talk titled "The secret to desire in a long-term relationship," psychotherapist Esther Perel, who has counseled hundreds of couples who ...

Social Media Use Impact on Marriage

In a study in the February issue of Computers and Human Behavior, the authors noted that those who didn't use social media sites at all "reported being ...

Unhappy Marriages Can Make Us Unhealthy

An unhappy marriage can break your heart—literally. A new study from sociologists at Michigan State University indicates that people in contentious ...

Andy Stanley Explains Marital Submission

When I was twenty-six, I flew to Washington, D.C. to be a groomsman in a friend's wedding. After the reception, the wedding party of twelve or so headed ...

Marriage Expert: Marriages Thrive on Kindness

What helps a marriage thrive? John Gottman, one of the world's leading researchers on marital relationships, looks for the presence of contempt or kindness ...

A 700-Year-Old Display of Affection

Excavations in the small village of Hallaton in Leicestershire, England have uncovered 11 skeletons from the Middle Ages. All were interesting finds, ...