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relationship stories: 68 news summaries

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DUSTING=Intimacy?

 Couples Who 
 Share Chores 
 Have More Sex 

Housework amps up your spouse, but why?

Oct 21, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - More housework equals more sex, a new study shows, though watchers are split on why that is. Two answers quickly spring up: For one, active folks tend to pour their energy into all pursuits. “This group of go-getters seem to make sex a priority,” a researchers tells... More »

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work • study • marriage • sex • housework • relationship • opinion polls • women's issues

Men More Likely to Abandon
Sick Partners

Seven times as many women stay when serious illness strikes

Oct 15, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Relationships fail seven times more often when illness strikes the female partner than when it strikes the man. Researchers don't know why, but theories abound: “There is an immediate shift in a relationship when an illness is diagnosed,” a counselor tells the Times of London. Gender roles... More »

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cancer • divorce • disease • women • men • marriage • multiple sclerosis • chronic illness • gender roles • relationship • scientific study • medical study • terminal illness

OPINION

Look Up Exes on Facebook
at Your Own Peril 

He's probably gay, she probably hates you, and it could ruin your relationship

Oct 6, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Back in the halcyon pre-Facebook days, Elizabeth Bernstein writes, you didn't just pick up the phone and ring up an old flame. “If you went looking for a former partner, you knew you were looking for trouble.” So why it should be any different on Facebook? A survey... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • relationship • etiquette • ex-boyfriends • ex-girlfriends • flame

(Newser) - The gossip sites can't decide: Are Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel on or off? A friend tells US Weekly that Timberlake has told friends “it’s over”—after dumping Biel over the phone a month ago. But a different source tells People "they're not breaking up. Any... More »

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celebrity • Justin Timberlake • relationship • Jessica Biel • celebrity breakup • celebrity relationships

 Job Market Splitting Up Couples 

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans relocates for new position

Sep 22, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the job market failing to recover along with the larger economy, two-career couples are facing tough choices and increasingly being forced into long-distance relationships. A recent survey has found that 18.2% of Americans who took new jobs in the second quarter also relocated, up from 11.4% a... More »

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marriage • unemployment • relationship • job market • relocation • couples • married couples

OPINION

 Fibs Are Good for Marriage 


Aug 26, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raina Kelley is not happy with this "new spate of advice talking about how lying is bad for a relationship," she writes in Newsweek. "That is my line in the sand. Marriages cannot exist without dishonesty." Now, she doesn't mean the big stuff, like adultery. She's... More »

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marriage • relationship • lying • women's issues • partner • lies • fib • compliment

 Zellweger, Cooper Dating 

Couple gets cozy during Spain vacation

Aug 12, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper are dating, the New York Daily News reports. The pair have been close since filming the upcoming Case 39 together. But the couple’s relationship appears to have taken off with a weekend trip to Barcelona, where they were spotted arm in arm at their... More »

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vacation • relationship • Barcelona • Renee Zellweger • Bradley Cooper

glossies

 Pain + Sacrifice 
 = Marital Bliss 

Adversity makes couples' bond stronger, experts say

Aug 8, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marital bliss? Toss it out the window, and get down to pain and anguish ASAP, experts say. While many studies find that stress can exacerbate a marriage—turning a short-tempered husband into an abusive one, for example—some experts say adversity is the key to marital success. "It’s... More »

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marriage • relationship • couples • sacrifice • women's issues

GLOSSIES

 Jen: I'm 
 OK Being 
 'Lonely Girl' 

Actress talks family, love with Elle

Aug 4, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston refuses to “ignore the pink elephant in the living room,” she tells Elle. “If I’m the emblem for ‘this is what it looks like to be the lonely girl getting on with her life,’ so be it. I can make fun of... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Jennifer Aniston • relationship

analysis

 Fickle Voters Are 
 Change Obama 
 Can Believe In 

We're ready to change politics, religion, relationships at the drop of a hat

Aug 4, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether it’s religion, relationships, or politics, Americans are getting more fickle, experts say. Seniors citizens are more open to divorce, college students are more open to changing schools, and more than 40% of Americans will switch religions, notes one pollster. All this could be bad news for President Obama,... More »

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religion • relationship • change • opinion • Obama administration • President Obama • public opinion

(Newser) - Her boyfriend’s obsession with his iPhone drove Lisa Katayama to lay down some ground rules, she writes for Boing Boing. “Rule #1: It’s not romantic to have an iPhone in the bedroom.” She elaborates: “Brian once said that every time he goes online, he feels... More »

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technology • iPhone • relationship • boyfriend • bedroom • Lisa Katayama • Luddite

(Newser) - Online dating sites are so packed with possible matches that they cause “cognitive overload” in seekers, leading to unconsidered choices, the MIT Technology Review reports. The lovelorn may say they want a wider variety of candidates, but they spend less time evaluating them, new research shows. “More search... More »

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Internet • love • search engine • online dating • relationship • academic research • matchmaking • cognitive overload

(Newser) - As couples grow more committed to each other, their waistlines often grow as well, Time reports. During their first few years of matrimony, couples are twice as likely to become obese as their dating peers, according to a new study being published next month. If they merely move in... More »

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obesity • obesity epidemic • marriage • dating • relationship • women's issues

 Broke Up Recently? 
 Museum Wants the Remnants 

Exhibit features everything from photos to prosthetics

Jun 23, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not sure what to do with all those old love letters from your ex? Burning them seems too risky; keeping them, too sentimental. Why not put them on permanent display? The Museum of Broken Relationships allows you to do just that, BlackBook reports. Started as an art project in Croatia,... More »

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museum • love • romance • relationship • ex-boyfriends • Jay-ZTV • ex-girlfriends

OPINION

 Why Marriage Is Obsolete 
 (at Least for Women) 

Institution is obsolete—let's fix this 'bum deal'

Jun 17, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Marriage is fraught with “emotional pain, humiliation, and logistical difficulty.” And for women—expected to work, parent, tend to the house, and on top of all that, keep the romance alive—it’s a “bum deal,” writes Sandra Tsing Loh, herself ending a 20-year union, in... More »

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marriage • love • relationship • Sandra Tsing Loh

(Newser) - Rumored-to-be-in-trouble power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are living in separate houses on the sprawling Long Island estate where they're currently staying, reports the Daily Mail. The newspaper claims to have seen photographic proof that the two have very separate corners in the 24-acre spread where they've... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Long Island • relationship • celebrity marriage • celebrity breakup

OPINION

 Get Your Priorities 
 in Order: Sex, Then Sleep 

Don't let tiredness ruin your love life

May 28, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Research reveals that more than three-quarters of Britons want sleep more than sex, which is understandable, writes Jackie Clune in the Daily Mail. In most people's busy lives, “sex just seems like another thing on the long list of Things To Do.” But it’s important for couples... More »

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sleep • sex • love • sleep deprivation • relationship • Britain • tired

(Newser) - Tired of texting your long-distance lover to say how much you care? A Scottish research lab hopes to connect couples with something a bit more poetic: "painted" light. Users of Mutsugoto wear touch-activated rings tracked by motion-sensing cameras mounted above their beds; caress your own arm and a matching... More »

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technology • love • light • dating • romance • relationship

book review

From Romantic Lemons, Literary Lemonade

It's fizzy, too—and comes complete with recipes and regrets

Apr 9, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recipes for "Morning After Pumpkin Bread" and "Ineffectual Eggplant Parmigiana" should clue readers in that Giulia Melucci's I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti is no how-to on gaining a man's heart through his stomach, Joyce Wadler writes for the New York Times. Melucci—"... More »

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New York • cooking • literature • writer • relationship • book reviews • book • publishing industry • Giulia Melucci

(Newser) - With the economy slicing through earnings and savings, dream weddings are colliding with financial realities—resulting in trims to the guest list, and thorny problems choosing who makes the cut, the Boston Globe reports. The average guest list has shrunk to 139 this year, from 166 in 2007, analysts say;... More »

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marriage • recession • relationship • economy • couples • weddings • recession depression • guests

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