Category: Relationships

  • More Singles Are Deciding They Like Life Without A Partner

    More Singles Are Deciding They Like Life Without A Partner

    For years, being single was treated like an unfinished chapter. Find someone, settle down, and move on to the next milestone. New research suggests a surprising number of Americans are no longer waiting for that chapter to begin. One in four single adults say they would stay single even if their “perfect match” appeared tomorrow,…

  • Why Young Men Are Becoming More Hesitant About Dating

    Why Young Men Are Becoming More Hesitant About Dating

    For generations, meeting someone often began with a simple risk: walking over and saying hello. Now, some young men say that first step feels harder than ever, with rejection joined by another concern: being perceived as creepy, intrusive, or disrespectful. That creates an awkward contradiction. Some women report encountering unwanted behavior, while some men have…

  • Scientists Reveal Why Cats Meow Differently Around Humans

    Scientists Reveal Why Cats Meow Differently Around Humans

    That familiar meow from across the room may be far more meaningful than a simple demand for dinner. Scientists studying the relationship between cats and humans are finding increasing evidence that domestic cats use their voices in ways that are especially suited to communicating with people. The really fascinating part is that your cat may…

  • The 3 Things That Can Make Or Break A Long-Term Relationship, According To Psychology

    The 3 Things That Can Make Or Break A Long-Term Relationship, According To Psychology

    A relationship can have love, history, attraction and years of shared memories, yet still slowly begin to fall apart. That is one of the hardest things for people to understand when a relationship starts changing. Two people can genuinely care about each other and still discover that something important has weakened between them. Instead of…

  • Dad Copies His Daughters Selfies And Accidentally Becomes An Internet Star

    Dad Copies His Daughters Selfies And Accidentally Becomes An Internet Star

    A Spokane father saw strangers leaving crude comments under his 19-year-old daughter’s selfies and decided he needed to do something about it. His solution was so unusual that it completely backfired. Instead of making his daughter less visible online, Chris Martin recreated her selfies himself, and the dad quickly became an internet sensation. It Started…

  • The Science Behind Human Monogamy Is More Complicated Than You Think

    The Science Behind Human Monogamy Is More Complicated Than You Think

    For generations, humans have treated lifelong sexual exclusivity as the natural model for relationships. Then scientists started checking what nature actually does, and the results turned out to be far less tidy than the traditional picture suggests. Humans appear unusually committed to pair bonding compared with most mammals, yet strict sexual monogamy is another question…

  • Squirmy and Grubs Reveal They Are Expecting Their First Baby

    Squirmy and Grubs Reveal They Are Expecting Their First Baby

    Shane and Hannah Burcaw spent years documenting the difficult road toward becoming parents, including fertility treatment that ended in disappointment. Now, after keeping their biggest secret private for half of the pregnancy, the couple behind Squirmy and Grubs has finally revealed that they are expecting their first child. Hannah is 20 weeks pregnant, with the…

  • Baby Born Without A Nose Became Famous For His Infectious Smile

    Baby Born Without A Nose Became Famous For His Infectious Smile

    Brandi McGlathery expected the first sight of her newborn son to bring the usual rush of relief and happiness. Instead, when she held him for the first time, she noticed something she had never imagined seeing. Her son, Timothy Eli Thompson, had been born without a nose. His condition was extraordinarily rare, but it was…

  • Dad Takes His Medically Fragile Son Across America To See The Country

    Dad Takes His Medically Fragile Son Across America To See The Country

    For most families, a road trip starts with packing clothes, loading snacks and checking the route. For Will Rizzo and his wife, Yeni, leaving home with their son Izaiah means bringing respiratory equipment, suction supplies, feeding equipment and emergency medical supplies along for the ride. Izaiah lives with WOREE syndrome, an extremely rare genetic neurological…

  • A Family Texted The Wrong Number And Got An Unforgettable Surprise

    A Family Texted The Wrong Number And Got An Unforgettable Surprise

    A routine family group text took a bizarre turn when a birth announcement landed on the phone of two complete strangers. Instead of ignoring the messages, the young men followed the updates, bought gifts for the newborn, and drove to the hospital to meet a baby they had never heard of before that day. The…