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Institute for Family StudiesThe Devout Difference: Religion, Marital Quality, and Sex Among AmericansNew data links shared religious practice to higher marital satisfaction and sexual frequency, worth a look whatever your own beliefs.bbc.com'This is fixable': What really helps save a relationshipBBC digs into what evidence-backed repair actually looks like when a relationship hits trouble, not just whether to stay or go.Institute for Family StudiesChurchgoing husbands and wives are happierNew research ties shared church attendance to higher marital happiness, worth a look for couples weighing what rituals actually strengthen a marriage.The Guardian‘I turbocharged my career then pressed eject’: why couples are getting divorced laterGray divorce is rising as later-life partners weigh who they became against who they married, worth understanding before assuming marriage gets safer with time.PsyPostPeople in strained relationships show somewhat higher preference for hearing liesNew research suggests couples under strain sometimes prefer comforting lies over hard truths, a pattern worth noticing in your own relationship.Institute for Family StudiesCan a Happy Marriage Protect Against Heart Disease?New research links marital quality to heart health, a reminder that how you love each other may shape how long you live.Earth.comCouples see household work very differently, and they may never agreeNew research suggests the chore-division fights aren't about laziness, they're about two people counting effort in fundamentally different ways.DatingNews.comMatch Study Finds 76% of U.S. Singles Believe Love Can Last ForeverMatch's annual survey suggests most singles still bet on lifelong love, worth knowing before you dismiss dating as cynical.

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The Oldest Word for Sex Means "To Know"

Modern research keeps finding that safety and being deeply known are what drive desire. The oldest texts in the Western canon said the same thing in a single Hebrew word. Here is what the world's traditions quietly agree on about intimacy, and how so many of us lost the thread.

July 10, 2026

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The Magic Ratio That Predicts Lasting Love

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June 28, 2026

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Dating

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Emotional readiness is not about being perfectly healed or having your whole life figured out. It is about a few specific capacities that make you a good partner, and a good judge of one.

June 24, 2026

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