The termination of alimony is a touchy subject for those paying or receiving the financial support post-divorce. Proving cohabitation is a challenging, costly proposition.
It's always a gamble, because you simply can't predict what it'll be like to merge your life, down to the smallest quirks and habits, with another person's.
What many couples worry about when it comes to their post-honeymoon sex lives.
It hardly sounds romantic, but perhaps what marriage needs is a reality slap in the face.
Whether it's pre-engagement, pre-marriage or youāre waiting until that knot is tied.
On a December Friday night, I gave up any hope that he would come do this work himself, come have the tactile experience of breaking up; the unpowerful part where one must box up one's belongings and remove them as one has chosen to remove oneself.
Imagine HBO's 'Girls' coming to Dear Abby for advice, self-involved and dealing with their problematic Brooklyn lives and needing a bit of her most uncommon common sense...
Our relationship doesn't look like a relationship is "supposed" to look like, and so people feel uncomfortable about it.
It seems like things are going just as planned until you remember that now you have to figure out how to combine your two homes into one.
Almost every married person I spoke with before our wedding told me the same thing. "You guys have been together a while, but it will feel SO DIFFERENT once you're married."
The election is over, but our nation remains as divided as ever. In my view, however, the number one problem facing America today is not the deficit or unemployment or health care. It's family instability.
Emotional "Frankenstorms" are explainable, understandable even. But they still cause damage in our relationships
All I have been hearing about from my female friends are tales of woe about how difficult it is to live with their husband and/or significant other because of all their bad habits.
If you've recently reentered the dating scene after a little hiatus that we call 'marriage,' here's the battle-gear to help you prepare to date 2012-style.
Is it just me or does it seem like each year as the holidays approach everyone gets the same bright idea to pack up and move in together?
Living with another person is always complicated, especially when you are having a romantic relationship. Playing house can be a lot of fun, but, on the other hand, the day-to-day of it can get very complicated. Here is some advice on how to live together and actually get along.