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Is the 7-Year-Itch Real?
You’ve heard of the seven-year-itch. It’s the sense of restlessness or dissatisfaction that supposedly sets in after you’ve been with someone for seven years of time. It’s most often talked about in...
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Sunday Firesides: The Maturing Mirror of Marriage
How do you come to know yourself? You can journal. Attend a retreat. Sit on a rock and think. But perhaps the most underrated tool for gaining self-knowledge is participating in any long-term...
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The Challenge of Social Discoordination
We’ve written about the importance of making and maintaining friendships in adulthood and the benefits of face-to-face interaction. After reading one of these articles, maybe you tried to get your...
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Podcast #919: Advice on Making Love Last . . . From a Divorce Lawyer
If you want insight on how to make love last, you might ask friends, family, a therapist, or a pastor for advice. You probably wouldn’t think to turn to a divorce lawyer. But my guest, James Sexton,...
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Sunday Firesides: Treat People as Ends, Not Means
What does it mean to act in a moral way? One of the answers the philosopher Immanuel Kant formulated to this question can be paraphrased this way: “Never treat people merely as a means to an end, but...
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Sunday Firesides: The Sit-in-Silence Relationship Test
Have you ever glanced across a restaurant and seen a couple sitting together in silence? They stared at each other, at their meal, or, most likely, at their phones. This is a sad sight, for staying...
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Sunday Firesides: Can We Finally Stop Blaming the Puritans?
We live very differently than the Puritans did 400 years ago. The Puritans wore thick woolen clothes; people today wear light, stretchy athleisure. The Puritans forbade work and recreation on the...
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How to Maintain a Healthy Relationship With Someone Who’s Depressed
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the world. According to some surveys, about 1 in 10 American adults will experience a major depressive episode in their lifetime. Many more will...
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50 Random Things in Men That Turn Women On
A friend recently sent us a post from Cup of Jo, a women’s lifestyle site that was founded close to the time Art of Manliness was, and like AoM, is one of the few blogs from blogging’s heyday that’s...
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Sunday Firesides: You Can’t Want It More Than They Do
Your marriage is struggling. You’ve invited your wife to do couples therapy, to go out for date nights, to spend more time together in general. But she’s refused all these invitations. Your daughter...
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