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Criticism helpful to struggling couples

Surprising new research finds that always looking on the bright side is not only unhelpful to struggling couples, it can actually damage their relationships even further.

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Between 2004 and 2008, rates of reported violence rose 40 per cent for women and 47 per cent for men.

Dating violence increases the most for grown women

The rates of dating violence nearly doubled for both men and women between 2004 and 2008, a new study shows, although victims were mostly grown women.

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A couple uses a hammer to smash their wedding ring to symbolise the end of their eight-year marriage during a "divorce ceremony" in Tokyo June 20, 2010, a day before they file for divorce.

Divorce ceremonies give couples sense of renewal

With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying "I do" for a final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and family.

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The best estimates suggest that only half of today's young people are likely to marry at all, with many choosing instead to cohabitate.

Fewer than one in 10 women say sex before marriage is a bad idea

Fewer than one in 10 Canadian brides-to-be believes in abstaining from sex until their wedding night, despite a "save yourself" drumbeat that in recent years has reverberated through everything from school...

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Sexual selfishness did not lead to more sexual dissatisfaction in partners.

Sexual self-focus does not lead to sexual dissatisfaction

At the Association for Psychological Science convention in Boston, Kwantlen University graduate student Hayley Leveque and Prof. Cory Pederson of the Kwantlen psychology department presented their paper...

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Host Randy Fenoli helps Amanda Ellestad's dress selection at Kleinfeld bridal salon in New York on the TLC show, Say Yes to the Dress.

Fenoli counsels brides through gown shopping on 'Say Yes to the Dress'

It's hard to picture Randy Fenoli, always so cultured and so nattily attired on every episode of Say Yes to the Dress, mucking out stalls on a cattle farm in Illinois. But that's just what he did, until...

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Women slipped to third place as a conversation topic behind second-placed work and top-ranked soccer in Germany and France.

Guys talk about soccer before women or work

When men get together with their mates soccer is the main topic of conversation, not their wives and girlfriends or even work.

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50 dates in 50 days

I had a coffee "date" with Sky Mitchell on Friday morning but, being female, I didn't count.

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The report, released Tuesday, tracks for the first time divorce proceedings between 2005-2009 in several provinces and territories, representing 66 per cent of the Canadian population.

Fewer Canadian couples file for divorce

The number of estranged couples who filed for divorce dipped six per cent over four years in much of Canada, says a new Statistics Canada study that reaffirms a downward trend in the number of partners...

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In a less complicated world, our surname traditions and trends wouldn't be such an issue. We should be able to call ourselves whatever we want, without judgment or consequence.

Changing name is a losing proposition for married women

Early in my journalism career, someone told me my name sounded like it belonged to a romance novelist.

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Cougar Life has signed up more than half a million members since its launch last year.

Cougar Life accuses Google of sexism

The founder of a Toronto-based dating website for older women looking for younger men is accusing Google of sexism after the web giant labelled Internet ads for "cougar" dating sites as "non-family safe...

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The report, which is based on 2006 census data, indicates that most of today's mixed couples are young, from urban areas and represent a higher than average socio-economic class.

Celebrate cultural differences in mixed-race marriages

When Roseline Titus and Vincent Wourms got engaged, they knew right away that theirs would be a church wedding with a long guest list and an eclectic reception menu.

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Attractive women boost men's stress

Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of a man's cortisol, the body's stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia.

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