Matchmaking Used to Rely Entirely on Chemistry Over Anything Else, but a Booming New Industry Is Turning Financial Inequality Into ‘Compatibility’
Matchmaking used to sell itself on a fairly romantic premise: two strangers, a shared spark, a…
Cross-Border Marriages Between These Two Countries Used to Be Fairly Rare on Either Side, but New Data Shows They Just Quietly Hit a Decade High
For decades, marriages between Korean nationals and Japanese nationals stayed a relatively small, quiet category on…
Pets Are Usually Framed as a Simple Household Addition for Couples, but a New Academic Study Shows Owning One Together Actually Reshapes the Relationship
When two people move in together, or two close friends decide to split rent, getting a…
Stepdads Have Long Been Treated as the Background Figure in a Blended Family, but New Research Shows They’re More Involved Than Ever — and Stepkids Are Benefiting
The stepdad has long been treated as a supporting character in a blended family, present but…
Sex Education Is Usually Treated as Something You Age Out of by Adulthood, but New Research Shows Adults Are Still Feeling Its Effects on Relationships
Most people think of sex education as something that happens once, in a classroom, sometime around…
Milestone Celebrations Used to Mean a Party at Home With Family, but New Data Shows 76% of Travelers Are Now Planning an Entire Trip Around Them
A birthday used to mean a cake at the kitchen table. An anniversary used to mean…
Family Life Surveys Usually Ask Parents Alone How Things Are Going, but a New National Survey Asked Kids Too — and the Results Weren’t Great
New America’s 2026 National Parent Survey, released this year, breaks from the usual pattern of family…
Money Is Usually Framed as the Thing That Makes Dating Easier for Men, but Extremely Wealthy Single Men Say It’s Actually Sabotaging Their Love Lives
New research from the matchmaking firm Selective Search finds that 72% of ultra-high-net-worth single men say…
Packing the Same Sandwich Every Day Used to Be the Back-to-School Lunch Default, but These 20 Ideas Are What Kids Will Actually Eat This Year
The turkey-and-cheese-on-wheat routine gets a kid through maybe the first two weeks of school before it…
Soda Companies Have Competed on Sugar and Flavor for Generations, but Pepsi and Jarritos Are Suddenly Racing Each Other on Gut Health Instead
Pepsi and Jarritos are both betting their newest soda launches on gut health rather than sugar…