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Couples Who Get Drunk Together, Stay Together, According To A New Study
Drink up, couples of the world — it may save your relationship. People are constantly trying to find new methods and hidden secrets behind the success of a relationship. Is it understanding? Courtesy? Patience? Turns out it’s alcohol. According to a study published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Series, couples who drink alcohol together reported a less negative relationship quality over time, and the results were “significantly greater among wives.” The study found that couples over the age 50 had better marriages if both partners drank or if both partners abstained from drinking. However, if one person in the relationship remained sober while the other drank, couples…
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My Husband Didn’t Bond With Our Newborn (But Everything Turned Out Okay)
Rita Templeton originally posted this on Scary Mommy. I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t indifference. He held our baby, of course. Posed for pictures, face-to-face with our squishy newborn, smiling. Changed an obligatory diaper here and there, and napped with the baby on his chest, as most dads do. But I couldn’t shake the gnawing feeling that my husband wasn’t as in love with our child as I was, and it planted a seed of fear that he wouldn’t be the kind of dad I’d hoped he’d be. Maybe I was paranoid, having grown up largely without a father myself. For my children, I wanted a hands-on…
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This Couple Recreated Romance Novel Covers And They’re AMAZING!
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Wednesday Marriage Meme Dump
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What Household Are You? Here’s The Real Difference Between Coke And Pepsi
Pretty much everyone has a preference between Coke and Pepsi, even though most people can’t tell the difference. So what is the difference? “Pepsi is sweeter than Coke, so right away it had a big advantage in a sip test. Pepsi is also characterized by a citrusy flavor burst, unlike the more raisiny-vanilla taste of Coke. But that burst tends to dissipate over the course of an entire can, and that is another reason Coke suffered by comparison. Pepsi, in short, is a drink built to shine in a sip test,” writes Malcolm Gladwell in Blink, explaining why Pepsi tends to win the Pepsi Challenge. Turning to nutritional content, Pepsi has slightly more…
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The Scariest Thing about Being a Man Applying for a Job at Victoria’s Secret
All I could think about was running. Looking across the desk at my boss, Jamie, I listened as he asked the question I’d been fearing for more two months. “WHY DO YOU WANT TO SELL WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR?” He glared at me, and I shifted my weight, trying to figure out what to say. I hadn’t expected this to happen when I walked into his office that morning. As a fitness assistant at my university’s student life center, I’d been on my way to drop off some gym visitation statistics in his mailbox. He usually didn’t come in that early, and if he did, it was almost impossible for him to…
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9 Perfectly Legitimate Reasons Not To Have A Bridal Party
As a bride or groom, asking your closest friends and family members to be in the wedding party can seem like a fun and special way to let them know how much they mean to you. It can also turn into a massive pain in the butt. That’s why more couples are choosing to ditch the bridal party tradition altogether. We recently asked HuffPost readers why they decided to go bridesmaid- or groomsmen-free. Below, 9 totally legitimate reasons you might want to do the same: 1. You don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. “We chose not to have wedding attendants because we have too many close friends and family members to…
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14 Kitchen Products/Gadgets That ACTUALLY Do What They Claim
1. A microwave rice cooker that makes perfectly steamed rice every time, without the mess or hassle of using a pot or traditional rice cooker. Plus, you can pop the whole thing in the dishwasher! amazon.com You can also use it to make steamed veggies! Promising review: “I’ve had this for seven months now, and I think it’s still my favorite tool in my entire kitchen. I eat a ton of rice, and I love how easy this is to use and how easy it is to clean. It comes out consistently every time. I hated how messy cooking on the stove is, and my electric cooker got mold down…
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Taco Bell actually went ahead and married a hungry couple
Yeah, I’ll have a Crunchy Taco Supreme and one wedding please. Dan Ryckert and Bianca Monda were the first couple to get married at Taco Bell’s Las Vegas Cantina flagship restaurant and the first couple the fast food chain has married. The lucky couple was selected after sending in a 30-second video to enter the Love and Tacos Contest. In the video, they explained why they deserved to be wed surrounded by crunchy, spicy goodness, and expressed Dan’s adoration for the delicious chain. He has ordered every single item on their menu and Bianca even took him to one of their beachside locations for his 32nd birthday. Sounds like a…
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NEW MOM TAKES HER OWN LIFE AFTER SILENT BATTLE WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION: WHY ALL OF US MUST SHARE HER FRIEND’S PLEA
Allison was a beautiful ray of sunshine in my life. The life of an Army wife can get lonely at times – moving around so much, searching for new friends, and trying to make a strange house and new town feel like home. A mil-spouse herself, Allison knew the struggle, and reached out to my husband the very first weekend we moved a few houses down from her in Montgomery, Alabama. She invited us on a blind friend date with her and her husband, Justin. It wasn’t long into our first dinner together that I knew we hit the friend and neighbor jackpot. It was easy to be drawn to…
