Institute for Family StudiesAmerica has 30 million single young men. Even Utah is feeling itEven in a marriage-friendly state like Utah, the pool of single young men keeps growing, a demographic shift worth understanding before you swipe.Institute for Family StudiesWhy are young men staying single? Study blames social media, affordabilityNew research digs into why young men are opting out of dating, pointing to economic strain and shifting social habits.PsyPostNew study highlights key differences in how relationship dynamics relate to sexual desire in men and womenNew research untangles how relationship closeness and conflict shift sexual desire differently for men versus women.Institute for Family StudiesThe Devout Difference: Religion, Marital Quality, and Sex Among AmericansNew data links shared religious practice to higher marital satisfaction and sexual frequency, worth a look whatever your own beliefs.bbc.com'This is fixable': What really helps save a relationshipBBC digs into what evidence-backed repair actually looks like when a relationship hits trouble, not just whether to stay or go.Institute for Family StudiesChurchgoing husbands and wives are happierNew research ties shared church attendance to higher marital happiness, worth a look for couples weighing what rituals actually strengthen a marriage.The Guardian‘I turbocharged my career then pressed eject’: why couples are getting divorced laterGray divorce is rising as later-life partners weigh who they became against who they married, worth understanding before assuming marriage gets safer with time.PsyPostPeople in strained relationships show somewhat higher preference for hearing liesNew research suggests couples under strain sometimes prefer comforting lies over hard truths, a pattern worth noticing in your own relationship.

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80 yrs

of research keep pointing to one thing above money, fame, or genes: the quality of your close relationships.

Harvard Study of Adult Development

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cigarettes a day: the health toll researchers now put on chronic loneliness.

U.S. Surgeon General · 2023

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