In The Case for Marriage, Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher (1) promote the advantages of marriage. Married people are healthier, wealthier, and live longer, they conclude. As people spend increasing ...

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 ...

New research reveals that, contrary to popular belief, romantic fairytales don’t start on your wedding day, but rather well in advance. There’s a glittering fantasy that has been spread around for ...

A study involving 3,780 adults from Australia, Denmark, and Sweden has found that the link between personality and relationship satisfaction differs between men and women. For example, extraverted men ...