Maintaining love in a relationship often comes down to sincere and intelligent negotiation. Here are nine key lessons you can fall back on when things get tense. Many partners assume that if they love ...

Many partners assume that if they love each other enough, cooperation will simply happen in its own time. But research, in recent years, has introduced an important clarification: Good relationships ...

No matter how deeply in love a couple is, they will face conflict and misunderstanding in the relationship. This is the reality that happy couples learn to accept. The truth is, happiness in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. We often romanticize marriage as a magical union—something ...

When Silick Strickland (ph) and her husband first got together, they were teenagers, focused more on themselves than the attitudes of people around them. SILICK STRICKLAND: We were young enough that ...

In a world where romantic relationships are often framed by rigid norms, queer couples have sometimes had to reinvent love and life together to find their own balance. Even if they are not immune to ...

Some stories don't end due to a lack of love, but because that love, although genuine, isn't enough to sustain a shared life. Two people can deeply care for each other and still realize that staying ...

At the start of a relationship, everything is brand new and bright-eyed as couples do what they can to cater to one another. From the sweet words they whisper to the actions they take, people all ...