Valentine’s Day Validation
Is there another holiday as perennially divisive as Valentine's Day? We've compiled stories on love and lust that will fit whatever mood you happen to be in this year.
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My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward—for the first time. How mental illness re-shapes a marriage.
Why Your Friends Won’t Dump Their Awful Significant Others
Forget how friends, family, and others feel. People even tend to view their partners more favorably than their partners view themselves.
Complicated Grief: Reframing the Way We Think About Love and Loss
It’s not exactly true that everyone grieves in their own way. It’s a universal experience, which is good, because that can help us to better understand the mourning among us.
Happier Wives Spend More Time Synced in Sleep With Their Husbands
Coordinated snooze time is the signal of a stable marriage, a new study suggests.
The Feminization of Love and Masculinization of Sex
Do men pretend like they're not into Valentine's Day—or any other love-related things—because of the way society pressures them to avoid "girly" things in our culture?
Not Just a Hallmark Holiday: Where Valentine’s Day Is a Chance to Rebel Against a Traditional Society
In India, where many kids are hungry to share their love with one another, February 14 is an opportunity to openly oppose their conservative parents' values.
Is It Possible to Degrade and Exploit Your At-Home Sexbot?
As artificial intelligence advances and our toys become more and more like us, we must consider the ethics of extracting pleasure from the machines.
Marriage May Calm a Criminal Impulse in Men
Likewise, divorce can send past offenders back into lives of crime.
Who’s Happier on Valentine’s Day? The Single or the Hitched?
How we feel about romance has everything to do with the relationship we’re currently in (or not in).