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Love & Relationships
Tough Love: Is Changing Diapers Women’s Work?
A hands-on dad of four feels emasculated by his brothers-in-law, who fly around the world making deals while their wives look after the kids. Our advice…
Abigail Shrier
Baseball Saved Me
‘Why am I doing this to myself?’ asks Mets fan Will Rahn. ‘Maybe it’s because baseball breaks my heart in a way I can handle.’
Will Rahn
Don’t Blame the Girlboss. Plus . . .
No, you aren’t being drafted. A chance at peace in Lebanon. A dark time for Britain’s Jews. And more.
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Don’t Blame the Girlboss for the Falling Birth Rate
The recent drop in fertility has nothing to do with career women. But a different cohort is having many fewer children.
Patrick T. Brown
It’s Not Relatable to Hate Your Spouse
If a wife is unhappy, it might not be her husband’s fault; it might be because she’s human. That’s what a new show, ‘The Miniature Wife,’ accidentally…
Kat Rosenfield
Tough Love: A Woman Says My Husband Assaulted Her
‘Should I respond to her and hear her side of the story? Or is trusting my husband enough?’ asks a happily married mother of three. Our advice columnist…
Abigail Shrier
Motherhood Wasn’t the Interruption I Expected It to Be
Every day, I kiss my daughter’s curls and thank my lucky stars that I had the privilege to take an early detour.
Solveig Lucia Gold
Ancient Wisdom: I Learned of My Wife’s Affair in Her Memoir
I vividly recall the moment I confronted her. She turned from her task and said she loved me. She said the affair meant nothing, that it was a fling. I…
John Skoyles
Tough Love: My Mom’s Boyfriend Is So Annoying
‘He makes outlandish claims, like that he has cured his own diabetes,’ writes a 42-year-old reader who finds his widowed mom’s boyfriend profoundly…
Abigail Shrier
Conversion Therapy Is Controversial. It’s Also Free Speech.
Colorado banned therapists from counseling against gender transitions. In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court said that violates the First Amendment.
Jed Rubenfeld
Should We Judge Age-Gap Relationships?
Netflix’s ‘Age of Attraction’ dating show breaks the age-gap taboo—and also shows why it exists.
Kat Rosenfield
Ozempic’s Dirty Little Secret. Plus . . .
The end of the bisexual boom. Tony Blair on why the West is failing to combat antisemitism. Tyler Cowen says AGI is around the corner. And more.
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