“If he really loved me, then he would…” Everyone who has ever been in a relationship has had thoughts like this one. If he loved me, he would bring me flowers, or say nice things to me more often, or remember my birthday, or remember to take out the garbage. We expect feelings of love [...]
Many marriages end when one of the partners has sex with another person. Some people seem to keep away from the temptation to cheat while others seem to easily give in to the temptation to cheat. Scientists are trying to understand what makes these two groups of people different. They are studying people’s ability to [...]
If you have ever been married, you know that marriage is not always happiness. Many of us have grown up thinking that, someday, we’ll marry the man or woman of our dreams and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, this fairytale ideal creates unrealistic expectations. In the real world, there are “Masters” and “Disasters” of relationships. [...]
Many young couples in China now have an official ‘engagement‘ period before they marry. This is a Western idea that is new to many of China’s older people. Most of these young Chinese couples are white-collar workers who live in large cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Zhuhai. The engagement begins with a ceremony where [...]
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