Kiplinger

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There is nothing sweeter than love, and for many couples in love today, being committed to each other means living together without that piece of paper that says you are married. Regardless of one's personal views about marriage, there are still val

JOY Magazine

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There is often a stigma when it comes to marriage counselling. Many see counselling as something that is only applicable for couples whose relationships are strained. Love After Marriage workshops are different. Gary and Hilary Palser – the facilitat

TIME

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THERE’S A REASON FAIRY tales always end in marriage. It’s because nobody wants to see what comes after. It’s too grim. Meeting the right person, working through comic misunderstandings and overcoming family disapproval to get to the altar—those are s

You South Africa

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WHEN a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a man who’s been married for 10 years looks happy, we wonder why. This is just one of many, many jokes about marriage. Is it funny because it’s true? Because behind the joke lies the belief

JOY Magazine

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The majority of a married couple’s conflicts usually centre again and again on the same points of tension. You don’t communicate well enough. She doesn’t really listen to what you have to say. You spend too much time working. She spends too much mone

NPR

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It was created by a 24-year-old Pakistani woman who wants to avoid an arranged marriage at all costs. But she definitely has a sense of humor about it all.

Working Mother

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Problems all start from a lack of communication in many cases. Pexels As mothers most of us can agree that marriages are not as much fun after children. This can cause issues in a relationship as one partner might not be getting enough attention then

Working Mother

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Think of these as tune-ups for your most important relationship. It's not always easy to be this happy, but it's definitely worth the effort. iStock If you’re a busy working mom married to a busy working dad (or mom), it’s a sad fact that your relati

JOY Magazine

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Marriage is the first institution ever to be created by God. However, with all the scientific intelligence the human race has developed over the years, marriage is still a mystery to us. Scarily enough, in spite of the fact that the church is the cus

Your Family

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Most couples have a few things they keep from each other – the exact amount of money they earn, the back-up savings account they have – there’s nothing wrong with it and it helps maintain some independence, even within your marriage. Not all secrets

Working Mother

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Get ready to bring your relationship back to its glory days. Photo: iStock Marriage is hard no matter how full your full-time job is. So hard, sometimes, that we wake up and wonder why we signed that damn piece of paper in the first place. Working mo

India Today

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Paliwal thought of linking trees to the birth of the girl child after the panchayat's efforts to curb the felling of trees failed. Doing so helped save both, the trees as well as the girl child. Shyam Sunder Paliwal was just elected sarpanch of Pipla

Best Self Magazine

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— As we move more deeply into this time of global quarantine, many people are feeling out of control, frustrated, trapped and unsure about the future. We are all being faced with situations none of us have learned to navigate in our lifetimes. With a

Femina

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Surviving a long distance marriage or a relationship can not only be difficult, but may also pose certain challenges when you are not prepared for it soon after you get married. It may happen because you are not able to move cities immediately after

NPR

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Marriage is hard — and there are signs it's become even harder in recent decades. We examine how long-term relationships have changed, and whether we might improve marriage by asking less of it.

Manhattan Institute

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A paradigm shift is a sudden change in fundamental assumptions about, or way of looking at, the world. Senator Elizabeth Warren illustrated one of the most startling ones of recent years with the answer that she gave to a question put to her recently

The Knot Texas Weddings Magazine

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If it hasn’t already come up, now’s the time to discuss whether or not you envision yourselves having children. But don’t stop there. It’s also important to talk over where you each stand on the many issues that will inevitably come up once you start

Chat It's Fate

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As someone who’s ruled by Mercury, it’s not a surprise to hear you’re mercurial – as changeable, hard to pin down and entrancing as quicksilver. Easily bored, your brain flits from one thing to another in lightening time. You’re razor-sharp intellect

The Knot Missouri & Kansas Weddings Magazine

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If it hasn’t already come up, now’s the time to discuss whether or not you envision yourselves having children. But don’t stop there. It’s also important to talk over where you each stand on the many issues that will inevitably come up once you start

City Press

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Armed with a burning desire to become a human rights advocate, Mpho Nefuri left her home in Siloam village in Nzhelele, Limpopo, for Gauteng in 2005 after receiving a letter of acceptance from the University of Pretoria. There was a glimmer of hope f

Chicago Tribune

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Charlye Kate Davenport, my godmother, passed away on Easter Sunday. But life ended for her eight years ago. That's when Kate's beloved husband, Leo, died. It has been found that the romantic bond between two people can be so intense that once broken,

The Atlantic

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A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.

Global Voices

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Not legally married? Don't expect your partner to receive an invitation to an event at President's House — unless President Weekes reconsiders her "Victorian era" decision.

You South Africa

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LIFESTYLE Write to Dr Louise, PO Box 39410, Moreletapark 0044, or email info@drlouise.co.za. Q I thought marriage would be exciting and romantic and that my husband would put effort into making life wonderful for me. We got married in October last y

Who Do You Think You Are?

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If you discover that your ancestors married in a different registration district from where they lived, you might well assume that they had sneaked off to marry where they were unknown. However, the true situation will depend on exactly when and how

The Millions

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I’m normally not someone to pick up a novel described as “epic.” Perhaps it’s a sense that such large-scale works can’t capture the particular or that this genre is often the terrain of oversimplified, masculinist war stories. Such a large canvas has

Futurity

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Although the average marriage today is struggling, the best marriages are flourishing like never before, a new book argues. In The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work (Dutton, 2017), relationship expert and Northwestern University pr

India Today

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Any couple, irrespective of religion, may marry under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, applicable in the entire country. A notice must be sent to the marriage registrar 30 days before the scheduled date of the marriage. All details provided to the mar

Chicago Tribune

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By now it's a known fact those of us who call ourselves Baby Boomers are not going quietly into the night. For one thing, there is strength in numbers ... and according to the AARP, 10,000 of us a day are reaching retirement age - a number projected

Her World Singapore

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This may seem like a simple question, but for many, it could also be a lifelong quest. Many of us belong to a generation where fathers are seen as the main breadwinners, while mothers – even when they held full-time jobs – are perceived as the main c