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Marriage: An Investigation

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    Former Times Correspondent and Editor Sheila Rule Married Her Prison Pen Pal“In some ways it didn’t seem real, because it was something we’d been yearning for and talking about for so long.”
    As told to Rachel Bashein
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    When Infidelity, Infertility, and Cancer Only Make Your Marriage Stronger“It’s like the person that you’ve grown old with carries some of your past with them.”
    As told to Gabriella Paiella
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    How to Make a TV Show About Marriage When You’re Actually MarriedAdvice from Michelle and Robert King, married couple of 31 years and co-creators and showrunners of The Good Wife and its spinoff, The Good Fight.
    As told to Anna Peele
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    My Husband Cheated, and an Infinity Hot Tub in St. Lucia Wasn’t Going to Fix ItHe’d decided the affair was an ill-­conceived midlife Rumspringa. And now, here we were in St. Lucia: This was my reward.
    By Anonymous
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    They Have Been Married for Seven Decades and They’re Still ‘Working on It’“We men think we’re always right, but we’re never always.”
    As told to Rachel Bashein
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    She Used to Joke Her Wife Was ‘Lesbian by Attrition’Cheryl and SueZie Hawkes met online in 1997 and carried on a transatlantic love affair until 2000.
    As told to Rachel Bashein
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    He Knew She Had a Terminal Illness, But They Got Married Anyway“I still don’t really consider her, you know, sick. It’s not the way I think of her.”
    As told to Jen Gann
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    A Throuple on How Marriage Changed Their RelationshipWe discuss, “Are you upset about my going out with that guy? Are we having enough sex?” Rather than, “You didn’t clean the vacuum bag.”
    As told to Carl Swanson
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    What the Melania Body-double Conspiracy Says About the Trumps’ MarriageIt reinforces the notion that Melania is more a category of person than an irreplaceable individual.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    When Paying for Sex and Using Cocaine Don’t Tear Your Marriage Apart“If we can get through this, then I’m pretty sure we’re solid for the rest of our lives.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    How a Marriage Survives the Death of a Child“If you were to ask me why this destroys some marriages, I would probably say that some marriages are ripe for being destroyed.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    Eavesdropping on Sex Therapy“I feel like I don’t know why we are in a sexless marriage … Like, what is wrong with me that my wife’s not attracted to me?”
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    He Cheated in an Open Marriage“He designed our relationship to suit himself, and he breaks it to suit himself.”
    By Kristi Coulter
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    When You Can Never Get Away From Your Spouse and You Like It“Spiritually we’re together every second; physically, we’re not.”
    As told to Anna Silman
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    A Wife Who ‘Surrendered’ to Her Husband“When a woman starts being grateful and happy and not always complaining, the men change too.”
    As told to Lauren Levy
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    5 Perspectives on What Kids Do to a Marriage“Little by little, this forced, idealized version of our marriage, performed for the benefit of our child, became the norm.”
    By Jancee Dunn, Lisa Miller, and Anonymous
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    Things Couples Do to Keep Their Marriage Going“What keeps our marriage happy? Not asking ourselves if we’re happy.”
    As told to Alyssa Shelasky
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    It Was Either Her or His Family. He Chose Her.“I think there’s a certain turning point in a marriage where you become a team.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    Close Reading Three Very Different Celebrity MarriagesWhat Billy Bob and Angelina, Mary Kate and Sarkozy, and Mike and Karen Pence can teach us about marriage.
    By Madeleine Aggeler, Gabriella Paiella, and Maureen O’Connor
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    What It’s Like to Finally Find the One, the Third Time Around“I don’t buy that argument that you have to work on yourself and be in this great place and you will attract the right person.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    10 Pictures of What Marriage Is Really LikeCouples reflect on images that capture the most intimate moments in their relationships.
    As told to Rachel Bashein
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    When Your Wife Becomes an Anti-VaxxerEverything was fine until Helen invited Jenny McCarthy into our marriage.
    By Anonymous
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    I Was Married Four Times — Once to a Famous ArtistI like being married, but I’m a terrible wife.
    As told to Kathryn Jordan
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    They Told Their Three Sons to Stay Out of the Bedroom When the Blue Light Was On“As a kid, I didn’t know what was going on, but when I was about 15, I came home, and the front door is locked.”
    As told to Rachel Bashein
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    When You Realize You’ll Never Love Him as Much As He Loves You“I only want good things for him — he’s a good human being — and that includes the relationship he wants. I just don’t know how to give it to him.”
    By Anonymous as told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    The One Thing I Wish My Partner Would Say When We Fight“He accused me over overreacting when all I wanted him to say was, ‘I’ll fix this.’”
    By Alyssa Shelasky
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    When You Can’t Yell at Your Wife Because She Won’t Hear You“You can say a lot less shitty things when you’re really thinking about what you’re going to say.”
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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    Secrets I Keep From My Spouse“I stalk my wife’s emails, texts, and bank account. On some days I follow her every move.”
    As told to Alyssa Shelasky
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    What It’s Like to Watch Your Husband with Another Woman“It cannot be a porn scene. This is something you’re choosing to experience together as one aspect of your loving relationship.”
    By Lisa Taddeo
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    Is Marriage Obsolete?Maybe it is, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t good reasons to do it anyway.
    By Heather Havrilesky
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    They Had Been Married 6 Months When He Lost His Legs in Iraq“A lot of people say at least he ‘came home,’ but when they’re injured, they don’t get to come home.”
    As told to Rachel Bashein