Topic “marriage”

By Tim Rozgonyi (St. Petersburg Times/SHNS)

What is the best thing to say to two young newlyweds starting a life together?

Well, given that marriage is just about the biggest, scariest and most amazing commitment one can ever make (second to having children, of course), perhaps it would be good for this father of a newly minted bride to share some words of wisdom from people who...

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Wedding bells cause enough headaches without the noise of outdated or misguided rules. Here are five wedding myths that happy couples and their guests can banish from their to-do lists to save money, time or grief.

Myth No 1: Guests should spend on a wedding gift the same amount as the per-person cost of being...

By Kathleen Purvis (McClatchy Newspapers)

June ought to be called the freshest month. College graduates move into their lives, newlyweds set up house, and a new crop of cooks hits the kitchen.

New York food writer Brooke Parkhurst has been there. When she graduated from Davidson College in 2002, she moved to New York for a career in TV journalism. Instead, she became a novelist...

By Cindy Dampier (Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Remember back when love was new? Tangled up in a fresh romance, you and your partner could hardly be parted. Work? A distraction from couple time. Sleep? Well, let's be honest — it wasn't high on your list of priorities. You'd wake each morning, gently retrieve your numb and tingling arm from underneath your beloved and set off to work, a kink...

By Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore (getbuttonedup.com (SHNS))

Remember the days when every little thing your spouse did was adorable and romantic? Remember how you called all of your friends to gush about him and how cute he looked or how thoughtful he seemed?


Flash forward to the present, when you're more likely to focus on what she hasn't done for you lately. Sure, you're still...