Marriage
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World
The Case for Saying ‘I Do’
With little notice, the United States may be crossing a historic milestone in family structure, one that may shape our health, wealth and happiness. Historically, most American adults were married — more than two-thirds as recently as 1970. But the ...
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Real Estate
I Want the House, Not My Spouse
Dividing the marital home in divorce can be a financially and emotionally fraught experience.
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World
A More Conservative Case for How to Get More Americans to Marry
As of 2021, around 25 percent of 40-year-old Americans are not married — the highest percentage ever recorded. While divorce rates have plummeted from their early 1980s high, fewer people are choosing to marry in the first place. Why? Yes, around two ...
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Arts
A Clever, Joyless Look at the ‘Commonplace Horror’ of Marriage
Lyz Lenz opens up about an unhappy union, and what she learned from it, in “This American Ex-Wife.”
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World
Young Chinese Women Are Defying the Communist Party
The pressure to marry began when Amiee was in her early 20s. By 25, her Chinese parents were accusing her of causing them a public loss of face because she still had no plans to wed. Her father warned her that women are worth less to a man as they ...
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World
Kelly Johnson Embodies the Hard-Line Views She Shares With the Speaker
The wife of Mike Johnson, the new speaker, has rallied opposition to abortion rights and used her pastoral counseling business to condemn homosexuality.
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