marriage and relationships

Wedding Planning

How to be a bridezilla in 5 easy steps

Congratulations! You're engaged! Now that you're a bride-to-be, you're the center of the universe! Everyone's universe. Follow these...

Television

Grab your tissues: The best proposals on YouTube

We girls love a good proposal, don't we? After scouring YouTube's endless archives, we found a few of the best proposals ever caught...

Marriage

Snarky comments for your not-so-nice mother-in-law

Your mother-in-law is a real b****. Welcome to the high percentage of other women who find themselves in the same post-matrimony...

Marriage

How to come together as a couple during a crisis

When life is good, being married and keeping a relationship together can sometimes seem hard enough to do. And it can especially...

Couple Time & Romance

The importance of date night to married couples

You've likely heard someone tout the absolute necessity of married couples having a weekly date night. Dates nights are easy to...

Marriage

When to draw up a prenup

Check out this excerpt from "Love for Grown-Ups: The Garter Brides' Guide to Marrying for Life When You've Already Got a Life" in...

Marriage & Relationships

The bright side of his boys' nights out

Find out how to ensure that you have a romance-filled weekend after your man has a guys' night out. All you have to do is turn your...

Divorce

5 Ways to make over your home after a divorce

Making your house a home again after a divorce is essential to moving on. One of the best parts about getting the marital residence...

Marriage

5 Minutes to a better marriage

Great marriages take a lot of TLC. But few of us have time to read long self-help books, fill out workbooks and complete complex...

Marriage

What's more important: Your children or your marriage?

Motherhood. With all of its joys and successes come endless responsibilities, chaotic schedules and a generally hectic atmosphere....

Couple Time & Romance

How to cope with your husband's sports fever

ESPN is on 24/7, the sound of crowds cheering invades your living room morning-noon-and-night, dinner table conversation is about...

Marriage & Relationships

3 Ways to compromise

One of the best ways to keep your relationship on track and out of trouble is to compromise. If you’re willing to cooperate and work...

Couple Time & Romance

How to find a good work-love balance

When the two of you are busy and overworked, entire days (or even weeks) can seem to go by without so much as a cursory glance or...

Dating

How to grow as a couple

Once you’ve been dating for a while (a year or more), the need to do everything together starts to fade. The focus shifts slowly...

Couple Time & Romance

The best things you can do for your relationship

Making a relationship work takes effort. Check out our list of tried-and-true strategies to improve how you and your partner...

Couple Time & Romance

Plan a surprise date night for your man

If you’re looking for a way to show your guy some extra affection (for an anniversary, birthday or just because he’s awesome), why...

Marriage

5 Sex tips for married couples

With a little effort and planning, you can bring the energy and passion back to your marriage, says Dr. Dorree Lynn, sex and...

Marriage

Small gestures that can improve your marriage

It’s easy to forget about little niceties when you’re stressed out and overwhelmed with everyday life. But if you forget about the...

Marriage

How to deal with marriage humps

Remember your wedding day? That beautiful, blissful day when you wished you could just freeze time and live in the fantasy forever?...

Mom & Dad

Love hormones: Nature’s greatest pain relievers

There’s no better treatment for pain than a natural remedy -- and you don’t even have to go to the drugstore for this one: The love...

Marriage

Secrets for maintaining a successful marriage

Marriage is a wonderful thing, but it also takes hard work if you want it to succeed. For that reason, we turned Tina B. Tessina,...