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The 7-year itch is now the 3-year glitch: study

The "three-year glitch" has replaced the "seven-year itch" as the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey.

 
 
 
 
 

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After exchanging letters for years,  Michelle  Sauve, of Lisle, Ontario, married former death-row inmate (his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2005) Justin Wiley Dickens in 2006.

Prison pen pals are a controversial love story

In April 1999, convicted murderer Justin Wiley Dickens was sitting on Texas' death row when he received a letter from a stranger in Canada: "Hello Justin! I have never written to an inmate before so if...


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Common-law partners must share wealth after breakups: Supreme Court.

The nation's top court has weighed in on the breakups of unmarried couples who live together, concluding that a partner who gets rich at the expense of the other in a relationship must share what he or...


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Can't find the Hazelton? Just follow the trail of rose petals.

When dinner and a movie just won't do: a luxury V-Day at the Hazelton Hotel

When my boyfriend and I return to our suite at the Hazelton hotel, we sense it before we see it. Something is different. It seems that while we were downstairs sipping Champagne in a private movie theatre...


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Study shows recession has weighed heavily on American marriages

Americans without a college degree bore the brunt of the recent recession, and so did their marriages, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Virginia.


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No need to break the bank to prove your love

Stores have barely cleared out their Christmas stock when they start making room for Valentine's gifts and treats. Expectations for showing our love have risen to an all-time consumer high, often to the...


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