The Myth of the Perfect Soulmate

The idea that we have the perfect soulmate has proved popular among young adults in the U.S. A 2011 poll found that 73% of Americans believed in a soulmate, ...

Pandemic Paradox: Stronger Marriages After Isolation

A dramatic change from the trend seen in previous years was marked by the unexpected increase in marriages that the COVID-19 lockdowns brought about. ...

Church-Attending Men Make Good Husbands

In her book, The Toxic War on Masculinity, author Nancy Percy writes that research has found that evangelical protestant men who attend church regularly ...

Don’t Do the Silent Treatment

Life for a 19th-century sailor was hard: Months at sea were accompanied by constant danger and deprivation. To make matters worse, mariners saw the same ...

Cohabitation Increases the Chance of Divorce

Nearly 70% of couples are living together before marriage. Fifty to Sixty-five percent of Americans believe that living together before marriage will ...

Many Young Adults Rethink Marriage

Are there wedding bells in your future? If you’re young and in love, the answer is—probably not! A new survey finds that two in five young ...

This Conflict Causes Nearly Half of Divorces

Almost 690,000 couples reported getting divorced in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s about half the number ...

The Most Likely Reasons Marriages End

A total of 689,308 divorces occurred in 2021. That’s about half the number of couples who reported getting married, with subsequent marriages failing ...

Improve Your Odds for a Successful Marriage

Research professor Scott Stanley at the University of Denver writes:

A substantial number of practicing Christians believe that living together before ...

To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More than Career

New York Times columnist David Brooks writes:

When I’m around young adults I like to ask them how they are thinking about the big commitments in ...