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Tough Love: I Want Kids. My Boyfriend Says He’s Not Ready.
‘He offered to pay for me to freeze my eggs, which we are doing this month,’ writes a female reader. But should she search for a man who’s on her…
Abigail Shrier
Say It with Me Now: Open Marriages Never Work
All Lindy West proves in her new memoir, ‘Adult Braces,’ is that she loves being treated like a child by the man she was supposed to grow old with—and…
Kat Rosenfield
The Generation Raised to Doubt Love
Long before our first crushes, women my age were taught that love doesn’t last and commitment is a trap.
Freya India
Arthur Brooks: So You Got Dumped. What Next?
If you’re in intense pain after a breakup, you are normal. But in the meantime, a few science-backed methods can help lower your suffering.
Arthur Brooks
The Women Who Lost Their AI Boyfriends
When OpenAI retired its GPT-4o model last week, thousands of women lost their chatbot partners. It was ‘like having lost my husband,’ one said to The…
Sascha Seinfeld
The Science of Hooking Up and Settling Down
UC Davis professor Paul Eastwick explains what evolutionary psychologists, the media, Jordan Peterson, and incels all get wrong about dating and…
River Page
My Valentine’s Day in Prison
Two years ago, Valentine’s Day arrived six weeks after I reported to a federal prison on public corruption charges. But I was determined to try to make…
P.G. Sittenfeld
How The Free Press Found Me a Husband
Free Press Cupid is back, and if you think this is the community where you might find your match, send a short write-up to Cupid@TheFP.com.
Polina Fradkin
Arthur Brooks: Opposites Really Do Attract
If you have dated a good many people but haven’t felt much of a spark with anybody, the answer might be to stop looking for your cultural twin.
Arthur Brooks
Tough Love: Do I Like Being Single Too Much to Fall in Love?
After four years in an unsatisfying relationship, this young woman sees ‘singledom as a complete gift,’ and wants to know: Does she have to settle for a…
Abigail Shrier
Tough Love: Can I Marry an Atheist?
A young reader hopes to marry his girlfriend—but she has an ‘adverse’ reaction to God, whereas he’s becoming more religious. Should he say ‘I do’? Our…
Abigail Shrier
A Man Should Know: How to Propose
The first step in a happy marriage might be a private proposal.
Elliot Ackerman
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