Topic “relationships”

By Kim Palmer (Minneapolis Star Tribune/SHNS)

The last time Wendy Berghorst appeared in the news, in 2006, she was sharing a candlelit bath with her husband, for a feature on “Love Nests.”

That was then. Now Berghorst is moving into a nest of her own.

“Yes, the romance is gone,” she said. She originally planned to stay in their Excelsior, Minn., home, which she’d bought...

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (Chicago Tribune/MCT)

CHICAGO — At 36, Kristy Litz has watched most of her girlfriends marry and alight to the suburbs to start families.

But marriage is nowhere on Litz’s agenda. She wants children, and ideally a partner, but she has seen enough people divorce that she doesn’t see the point of walking down the aisle.

With a growing menu of socially...

By Ana Veciana-Suarez (McClatchy Newspapers)

MIAMI — Joan Robinson didn’t want any children growing up, but now she has six. Kacie Rodriguez, an only child, planned on a big family until her son taught her how much work and money a baby requires. Jaclyn Castell, mother of two boys, wants to try for a girl. And Rosa Fernandez, with one of each, feels her two children plus a stepdaughter...

By Laura Casey (Contra Costa Times/MCT)

Maybe a few years ago, when the economy was better and jobs were more plentiful, a single on her first date might be treated to a bouquet of flowers and a fancy dinner at the most chic eatery in town.

Now with the nation’s employment picture far from sexy — 14.1 million workers were unemployed in June, according to the Bureau of Labor...

By Barton Goldsmith (Scripps Howard News Service)

I can feel it when my partner is upset with me.

She can be as sweet as honey, doing her thing on the other side of the house, maybe on the other side of the planet, and I can still feel the uncomfortable vibes.

You see, there are no secrets in a relationship. Not really.

It’s true for most of us. We can sense when something...