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The magic five hours is the most quietly demanding piece of advice in relationship research, and also the most misunderstood. It comes from John Gottman’s observation, drawn from…
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Stress spillover in marriage is the reason your worst fight this month probably had nothing to do with…
Being lonely in marriage is one of the most disorienting feelings there is, precisely because you are not…
Emotional flooding is the reason a conversation that started reasonably can, within ninety seconds, turn into either a…
Long before a marriage falls apart in any dramatic way, it usually goes quiet in a very specific…
Phubbing is the habit of snubbing your partner for your phone. Here is what the research on technoference…
Ask a couple how they met, and within about ten minutes you will hear their story of us…
Negative sentiment override is the quiet reason a perfectly ordinary sentence — “Did you move my keys?” —…
Weaponized incompetence is doing a task badly on purpose so your partner takes it over. Here is why…
The roommate phase is when a marriage runs smoothly but feels emotionally flat, polite, and distant. Here is…
The phrase sleep divorce sounds like the beginning of the end — a quiet admission that a couple…
Most couples come to a hard realization somewhere between year three and year thirty: the perpetual problems in…
The honest test for privacy vs secrecy in marriage isn’t what you’re keeping to yourself — it’s what…
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