relationships

As AI continues to seamlessly integrate into daily life, the emergence of AI-driven virtual girlfriends presents a new challenge in the realm of social interaction and psychological health. One professor is speaking out against the rising popularity of virtual girlfriends, saying these fake relationships are “very dangerous because it further isolates [young men] from real human connections.” 

The lawmaker and his wife Kelly entered into what is called a “covenant marriage” in 1999, a legal agreement that emphasizes marriage as a life-long commitment and limits the circumstances under which a couple may divorce.

Only roughly a quarter of U.S. adults say having children or being married are extremely or very important for living a fulfilling life, a Pew Research Center survey found.

Young adults, as well as Democrats, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those living with a partner are most accepting of open marriages — “a marriage where both spouses agree that they can date or have sex with other people” — Pew Research Center found.

Adults in the United States who routinely greet multiple neighbors have higher well-being than those who greet fewer or no neighbors, a recent Gallup survey found. 

At least 39 universities in 17 states have installed morning-after pill vending machines, and at least 20 more are considering them.

A quarter of 40-year-olds in the U.S. had never been married as of 2021, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

More than 70 percent of Americans say same-sex marriage should be legal, up from 27 percent in 1996 and matching last year’s percentage.

Inflation and increased demand are making weddings more costly, “as everything from music to flowers to makeup gets more expensive,” Axios reported on Monday.

The left-leaning news outlet painted “sologamy” as pertaining more to mental health and “self-love.” rather than an extension of living an “auto-sexual” lifestyle — being sexually attracted to oneself.

The college said the study offers new evidence that a person’s sex and marital status can “influence their heart disease risk and prognosis.”

An unsettling majority of young American men are single, while most of their female counterparts are in a relationship.

Valentine’s Day is a time dedicated to celebrating romance, but not all love stories have happy endings — especially in certain states. 

Roughly six out of ten young men report being single, as the share of U.S. adults “going it alone” continues to steadily rise.

Young Americans are expressing “ambivalence” about online dating, some saying its convenience is bogged down by the “illusion of nearly limitless dating partners” that can lead to greater relationship dissatisfaction.

While Americans say a potential partner being “very religious” is more negative than positive, not believing in God is a “greater liability.”

Republicans are more satisfied with their relationships than Democrats, polling from the Survey Center on American Life found. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is frequently at odds with President Donald Trump, but told reporters Monday during a visit to Washington, DC, that he wanted to maintain a connection with the president in spite of it all.

After publishing a “blind date guidebook” and new rules for marriage ceremonies this year, China’s Communist Youth League has begun organizing blind date events in which participants go through ideological screening and social training before meeting.

Veteran actress Shirley MacLaine bragged about the success of her open marriage — which ended in divorce — this week during an interview.

(Ferenstein Wire) — Jdate, the popular dating service responsible for more Jewish hookups than a bottle of Manischewitz, is playing hardball in the dog-eat-dog world of nice Jewish matchmaking.

AshleyMadison is a website catering to married people who wish to have an affair. They claim to have 37 million users, and now all of their personal data is in the hands of a hacker group called The Impact Team, which is threatening to expose all those users unless AshleyMadison and a sister site called EstablishedMen are taken down.

Ever had a friend who had trouble connecting with the opposite sex? Maybe they claimed to have a steady guy or gal, but he or she “lived out of town” and was mysteriously absent from social gatherings and events.

With the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey set for release on Valentine’s Day, condom manufacturer Trojan decided to take advantage of the buzz by releasing a new ad campaign.

A new study by the liberal Brookings Institute has found a jump in numbers of interracial couples across all races in the United States.

We live in the Age of Social Science. No political argument can be made without an accompanying study or survey.

Along with the reported exodus of young men from relationships with women comes an academic report that college-aged men are using online porn at epidemic levels, and its use is having a generally negative effect on their relationships with real live girls.