We spent years disconnected and barely speaking, but we didn't leave — thanks to the pact. Nearly 30 years later, I'm grateful we stayed because our love now is deeper and hard-earned. I remember ...

Caring for aging parents can be one of the hardest challenges families face, especially when health problems and living arrangements come into play. These situations often raise tough questions about ...

I realized I was often saying "no" to things by default, so my husband and I tried to change that. Recently, we've taken trips to Kenya and Thailand and attended a music festival with our young kids.

I make my husband breakfast every morning. Even worse: I bring it to him. And when he’s working from home, lunch too. Maybe ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together for 34 years, married for 25 of them. We both brought children from previous marriages into the relationship; he has two and I have two. A week before ...

I’ve been in a long marriage. In the early years, we had happy times, but things have changed. For a while now, I’ve been enduring emotional, psychological and verbal abuse from my husband. He often ...

My husband and I have been together for 13 years, but we never stopped taking solo trips. I travel alone at least two or three times a year, and it makes our relationship even stronger. Solo travel ...

My husband “Grant” recently took a business trip to Las Vegas. When he was in college, he funded his education by counting cards, and decided to see if his skills were still sharp. Turns out that they ...

Let me start by saying that we rarely eat greasy breakfast sandwiches. In fact, I'm not sure we've ever made one at home. We, meaning me and my husband, Luke, who also happens to be a chef. My first ...

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the How to Do It archives to share classic letters with our readers. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s ...

The first time I saw a Roslindale rat, I did a double take: shiny fur, clean noses, little white paws. They’re almost cute. Lydia C. Buchanan is a writer and lecturer in Boston. A rat bit my husband, ...