Letters From The Happily Wed: How they said I Do, and then…Did

What does a real, happy marriage look like? Read on!

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Do You Have A Happy Marriage? (Tell everyone!)

Do you have a happy marriage? Time to speak up! For decades, surveys in America and elsewhere found that above 90% of new college students list having a happy marriage as a top life goal—but fewer think they can have it. The life goal hasn’t changed. The belief in its possibility has. Here, why the pessimism is misplaced—and why you, yes you, can have a happy marriage.

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Should a request for cohabitation be a deal-breaker? (Q&A from "Freedom Vs. Forever")

Wise Readers, if a man invites a woman to move in—or asks her to move in with hopes of an engagement a year off—, is that itself a sign he *isn’t* The One? Read on!

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Freedom Vs. Forever: Why marriage isn’t just a piece of paper, and cohabiting isn’t marriage-lite

Dear Duana, I think I’ve met The One. Aaron has asked me to move in with him, in another city, and said then he’ll propose in a year…I have a five-year-old daughter and a job, but for Mr. Right, we’ll move. I read your articles about cohabitation, though, and want to know what you’ve got against living together? Dear Anna,indeed, I’ve got something against living together. Because even though cohabitation is extremely common, research has something against it—for all but two sorts of couples:

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Why Arranged Marriages Work--and when they don't (Q&A for Head Vs. Heart)

Wise Readers, If you let someone else arrange your marriage, shouldn’t you watch out for their motives? Why won’t arranged marriage work in non-arranged-marriage cultures? And what’s the downside of arranged marriage? Read on!

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