After getting engaged, I joked to my husband that we should both change our last names together. He didn't find it funny and really wanted me to take his last name. A few years ago, he apologized for ...

My husband and I got married in our early 20s, and we loved being DINKs. Then, my father-in-law told us he wanted grandkids. We decided to have children. Having our son changed our lives in so many ...

I took a trip to see my family without my husband; it felt great to be reunited with him afterward. We now spend as much time apart, traveling, watching TV, and hanging out with friends. Living some ...

We’ve all heard the stereotype about ‘boy moms’… they’re over-protective and their devotion knows no limits. But what happens when the line between motherly affection and something more unsettling ...

I got on a GLP-1 drug 16 months ago at the urging of my doctor. Not only did it help me with food and weight, it also turned my heavy drinking habit into a manageable sobriety with limited cravings.

I have been happily married for a long time. My husband manages our finances. I am a worry worm and finances always being a lot of stress to my life. I don’t want to spend time paying bills. Between ...

When people fall madly in love and are planning a future together, the last thing they want to hear is some killjoy warning them: “Remember, you’re marrying this person as-is. Don’t expect them to ...

Editor's Note: This is a part of YourTango's Opinion section where individual authors can provide varying perspectives for wide-ranging political, social, and personal commentary on issues. I stopped ...

I was married to my husband for 35 years when he left me for his therapist. My eldest daughter was so shocked and hurt by this that she called the woman at her work to ask her how she could do this to ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the obligations we have to a spouse with a degenerative illness. By Kwame Anthony Appiah My husband of 52 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 10 years ago ...

My husband’s new studio apartment is on a college campus. As such, it has the requisite cinder block walls and brown-tiled bathroom floor. It is not a beautiful apartment, but it is more than passable ...