What constitutes "sexually active" for a wife and husband who are 70 and 78 years old? A certain number of times a week, a month, a year? I haven't se...
TheRoot.com | Marjorie Valbrun | Posted 08.08.2009 | Style
If you are one of the legions of people sick to death of all the commentary about the state of black male/female relationships told through the Obama ...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style
Barack Obama has proven himself to in many ways be the ideal husband, but today in Moscow he showed that he was not immune to the occasional slip-up, ...
New York Times | Michael Winerip | Posted 08.06.2009 | Style
IN July 2006, Ron James's marriage of 13 years ended, and that same month, he joined JDate, an online matchmaking site for Jewish singles. "I'd fallen...
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.22.2009 | Style
"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?
Sophie Keller | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
Each relationship is an opportunity for you and your partner to help each other grow and to learn from one another. Here are three ways in which you can improve your relationship.
Rob Kall | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
Will Sanford's dalliances cost him the opportunity to run for president? McCain was not held back after his history of cheating on his wife, then marrying the wealthy woman he cheated with.
The Stimulist | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
Boy meets Girl where boys meet girls: online, in a bar, at the gym, through a friend. He finds her cute, but it's not love at first sight. No. It's lo...
Sara Davidson | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
"What do you want to do?" I asked Billy. He smiled and said, "Date all three of you. You're all busy, and I have enough time for all of you."
Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
All you have to do is continue to believe and act from the place of knowing, as you wait for your beloved to manifest in front of your eyes and sweep you off your feet.
TheRoot.com | David Swerdlick | Posted 07.17.2009 | Style
Stop comparing regular guys to Barack Obama. I can only speak for myself--I'm biracial, went to some pretty decent schools and spent most of my 20s i...
npr.org | Brenda Wilson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
The hookup -- that meeting and mating ritual that started among high school and college students -- is becoming a trend among young people who have en...
Joanne Rendell | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media
Chick-books love shoes and if you're going to talk shoe-talk you kind of deserve your blah cover. If your book presents "cozy" female friends "weathering crises" together then you've also earned the sandals and Adirondack chair treatment. And if one of your characters dares to admit that she likes "a pink cover featuring a pair of glossy high-heeled shoes," you most definitely should have flowers and pastel shades on your dust jacket.
Sara Davidson | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
Some men, I've found, are scent neutral - their smell is not pronounced or has no effect. But Billy's was like an aphrodisiac. It pulled me to him against my judgment and reason.
Vicki Iovine | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
It takes an extraordinary amount of energy and time, with no little courage thrown in, to be single and out in the world.
The Observer | Louise France | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living
When my husband died I thought it was the worst thing that could happen. I was wrong' Julie Metz was a grieving widow when she discovered that her hu...
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.11.2009 | Style
During the presidential campaign, the Obamas became known for their public displays of affection. But since the inauguration, the first couple has tak...
The Root | Jenee Desmond-Harris | Posted 07.09.2009 | Style
America has fallen for the Obamas. The history, the high glamour, the PDAs on the White House lawn. It's a universal picture of love. But for many suc...
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 07.07.2009 | Style
If you're single, why not take this opportunity to find yourself a magical, memorable spring fling, one that will invigorate you and might end up being the birth of a significant relationship?
Vicki Iovine | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
Two days in a row I've been in a funk. Actually, yesterday felt like a long road of flat highway in Texas somewhere -- empty and endless. Today feels...
The Stimulist | The Stimulust | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
If you can put aside the inherent creepiness of hearing a man well past his teenage years talking about teenagers having sex, check out this Philip We...
nytimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
Social scientists are studying no-sex marriages for clues about what can go wrong in relationships. Married men and women, on average, have sex with t...
health.com | Rachel Meltzer Warren | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living
Although it may have been Jon and Kate Gosselin's unusual family that landed them a reality show, it is their marital problems--to which much of their...
Momlogic | Dr. Michelle Golland | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living
The firestorm around how they got to NYC and the issue of spending taxpayer money is not one I care to address. However, I do believe seeing the First...
Sara Davidson | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living
For 25 years Ellen Burstyn did not go out on a date. Then, at 71, she fell in love with a Greek actor who was 23 years younger.
New York Times | Nancy Price Freedman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Style