12-04-27 As he lay on his deathbed, the man confided to（透露） his wife, I cannot die without telling you the truth. I cheated on you throughout our whole marriage. All those nights when I told you I was working late, I was with other women. And not just on...

12-04-24 A status-gap marriage is one in which there is a clear gap in income, pedigree, social status, etc. between the husband and wife. The phrase usually refers to marriages in which a woman marries beneath herself, such as the marriage between Japanese...

12-03-30 A work spouse is a co-worker, usually of the opposite sex, with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those of a marriage; such as, confidences, loyalties, shared experiences, and a degree of honesty or openness. The work s...

12-03-10 Leap year marriage proposals where, by custom, women are granted the once-in-four-years privilege of proposing to their beaus hold the promise of giving women real power in their relationships, but ultimately, they actually undermine women and reinf...

12-03-03 科学家新发现了女性身上的一种离婚基因，这种基因可能导致携带者的婚姻充满矛盾和摩擦。携带这种基因变体的妇女，很难与他人建立亲密关系而不太愿意走入婚姻殿堂。即使与他人结为夫妻，她们的婚姻出现摩擦和战争的概率也高达50%。 If a relationship is filled with ro...

12-02-25 Marriage between races and ethnic groups has reached an all-time high in the United States as public acceptance has grown, according to a Pew Research Center study on Thursday. 据周四皮尤调查中心发布的研究结果，随着跨种族和跨民族婚姻逐渐被公众所接受...

12-02-08 California's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a San Francisco appeals court has ruled. 旧金山一家上诉法院裁定，加州禁止同性婚姻是违反宪法的。 A statewide referendum on the issue, known as Proposition 8, imposed a bar on gay unions in N...

12-02-04 Going through a tricky divorce would be enough to put anyone off marriage for life. But a new study shows that men are much more likely to get over a stressful and complicated break-up than women. 经历一场离婚的浩劫足以让人想从此远离婚姻。然而新研究...

12-01-31 Divorce at a younger age hurts people's health more than divorce later in life, according to a new study by a Michigan State University sociologist. Hui Liu said the findings, which appear in the research journal Social Science Medicine, suggest old...

12-01-20 Gay marriage, and especially gay parenting, has been in the cross hairs in recent days. 同性恋结婚，特别是同性恋双亲，近日颇受关注。 On Jan. 6, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a New Hampshire audience that children are better off...