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February 20, 2025

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Books

A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons

Rachel Vorona Cote

February 19, 2025

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Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Capture How Love Really Feels

Haley Mlotek

February 14, 2025

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Ideas

Don’t Make Small Talk. Think Big Talk.

Arthur C. Brooks

February 6, 2025

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Ideas

America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage

Derek Thompson

February 3, 2025

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Ideas

Liberals Have an Own-Goal Problem

Elizabeth Bruenig

December 12, 2024

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Book Recommendations

Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us

Tajja Isen

December 11, 2024

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Dear James

My Friend Outed Me to Her Conservative Parents

James Parker

December 10, 2024

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The Atlantic Daily

Five Stories About the Changing Landscape of Love

Stephanie Bai

December 8, 2024

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Politics

What Do Wives Want?

Elizabeth Bruenig

November 5, 2024

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Dear Therapist

Dear Therapist: I’m Worried About My Brother

Lori Gottlieb

October 28, 2024

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Books

In Defense of Marital Secrets

Lily Meyer

October 8, 2024

Culture

What Gena Rowlands Knew About Marriage

Christina Newland

August 21, 2024

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Culture

A Memoir About Recovering From Men

Sophie Gilbert

August 16, 2024

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Ideas

Couples, Stop Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

Cheryl Mendelson

August 1, 2024

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Family

Why Parents Don’t Mind If Their Kids Don’t Marry

Stephanie H. Murray

July 15, 2024

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Family

It’s Time to Stop Inviting Plus-Ones to Weddings

Faith Hill

June 17, 2024

Dear Therapist

Dear Therapist: A Son I Didn’t Know Existed Just Found Me

Lori Gottlieb

May 27, 2024

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Work In Progress

The Happiness Trinity

Derek Thompson

April 26, 2024

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Time-Travel Thursdays

The Golden Age of Dating Doesn’t Exist

Faith Hill

April 11, 2024

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Culture

Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work?

Hannah Giorgis

March 12, 2024

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Books Briefing

A Memoir Shouldn’t Boss You Around

Gal Beckerman

March 1, 2024

Books

A Grim View of Marriage—And an Exhortation to Leave It

Lily Meyer

February 28, 2024

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Ideas

The Awfulness of Elite Hypocrisy on Marriage

Brad Wilcox

February 13, 2024

The Wonder Reader

How Relationships Grow, and How They Break

Isabel Fattal

February 3, 2024

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Ideas

Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad

Tyler Austin Harper

February 1, 2024

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Ideas

The Real Reason for Marriage Polarization

Adam Serwer

December 22, 2023

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Ideas

How Is Child Marriage Still Legal in the U.S.?

Valerie Hudson

November 6, 2023

Ideas

Why the Most Successful Marriages Are Start-Ups, Not Mergers

Arthur C. Brooks

October 12, 2023

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Ideas

The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom

Kimberly Wehle

September 26, 2023

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Ideas

Is Single Parenthood the Problem?

Annie Lowrey

September 22, 2023

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Ideas

A Driver of Inequality That Not Enough People Are Talking About

Melissa Kearney

September 18, 2023

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Culture

The Problems That Marriage Can’t Fix

Hannah Giorgis

September 12, 2023

Books

George Eliot’s Subversive Vision of Marriage

Ann Hulbert

October 2023 Issue

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Ideas

Take a Wife … Please!

Olga Khazan

August 31, 2023

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Explore How Marriage Really Works

Isle McElroy

August 16, 2023

Sections

The Print Edition

The Fantasy of a Nonprofit Dating App

A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons

Seven Books That Capture How Love Really Feels

Don’t Make Small Talk. Think Big Talk.

America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage

Liberals Have an Own-Goal Problem

Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us

My Friend Outed Me to Her Conservative Parents

Five Stories About the Changing Landscape of Love

What Do Wives Want?

Dear Therapist: I’m Worried About My Brother

In Defense of Marital Secrets

What Gena Rowlands Knew About Marriage

A Memoir About Recovering From Men

Couples, Stop Writing Your Own Wedding Vows

Why Parents Don’t Mind If Their Kids Don’t Marry

It’s Time to Stop Inviting Plus-Ones to Weddings

Dear Therapist: A Son I Didn’t Know Existed Just Found Me

The Happiness Trinity

The Golden Age of Dating Doesn’t Exist

Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work?

A Memoir Shouldn’t Boss You Around

A Grim View of Marriage—And an Exhortation to Leave It

The Awfulness of Elite Hypocrisy on Marriage

How Relationships Grow, and How They Break

Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad

The Real Reason for Marriage Polarization

How Is Child Marriage Still Legal in the U.S.?

Why the Most Successful Marriages Are Start-Ups, Not Mergers

The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom

Is Single Parenthood the Problem?

A Driver of Inequality That Not Enough People Are Talking About

The Problems That Marriage Can’t Fix

George Eliot’s Subversive Vision of Marriage

Take a Wife … Please!

Seven Books That Explore How Marriage Really Works