A key finding in a new study on married couples is the importance of the role of friendship. Those who considered their spouse to be their " best friend" reported getting twice as much life satisfaction from marriage as others do.
When you’re widowed, dating seriously and about to turn 40 you don’t get the “When are you getting married?" question all that often.
"Marriage" is a loaded word in every which way. It has connotations of the very best kind and the very worst kind. I have been married to the same man for nearly three decades and I think that this makes me some kind of a dinosaur when it comes to understanding marriage today.
From the New York Times columnist, a book on what happens after we say ‘I do’—and how to make a marriage better.