Couples Buying Their First Home Together Expect It to Bring Them Closer, but One in Four Privately Believe the House Will Outlive the Relationship Itself
A national survey of people who bought a home with a partner found that 26 percent…
Your Morning Coffee Habit Has Always Felt like a Small, Harmless Splurge Barely Worth a Second Thought, but Ground Coffee Prices Just Posted Their Steepest Sustained Surge on Record
A pound of ground roast coffee averaged $9.72 in grocery stores this year, an all-time high…
Halloween Candy Bowls Are Expected to Look Exactly like They Always Have This Year, but Shrinking Chocolate Bars and Rising Prices Mean What’s Actually inside Them Has Quietly Changed
Chocolate’s share of the American candy aisle has slipped from roughly two-thirds of all confectionery spending…
Bora Bora Overwater Bungalows Get Treated by Most Travelers as an Impossible Once in a Lifetime Splurge Nobody Actually Books, but One Creator’s Four Seasons Stay Shows Exactly Why It’s Worth Saving For
A stay in a Bora Bora overwater bungalow gets filed away by most travelers under “someday,”…
Everyone Booking a Turkish Coastal Getaway Defaults Straight to Antalya, Bodrum, or Marmaris without a Second Thought, but a Much Quieter Town Nearby Beats All Three of Them
Most travelers planning a Turkish coastal trip narrow it down to three names before they’ve even…
Hotel Upgrades Are Usually Treated as Pure Luck or a Reward Reserved for Top Loyalty Status Members, but One Family Says a Single Email before Check in Gets Them Free Perks Every Time
Free hotel upgrades are usually treated as something that only happens to elite-status loyalty members, honeymooners,…
Waiting to Find the One Is Still Sold as the Ultimate Romantic Goal Worth Chasing, but That Exact Belief May Be Quietly Sabotaging Real Relationships
Sixty percent of American adults say they believe in soulmates, according to a 2021 YouGov poll…
Older Daters Get Stereotyped as Cautious, Realistic, and Done Chasing Fairy Tales, but Adults over 50 Believe in Love at First Sight More than Ever
Fifty-eight percent of single adults over 50 now say they believe in love at first sight,…
Marriage Still Gets Assumed to Mean Two People Who Share the Exact Same Faith, but One in Six Married Americans Actually Don’t Share One at All
Seventeen percent of Americans who are married or living with a partner say their spouse or…
Interracial Marriage Still Gets Discussed like It’s a Fairly Recent Development, but It Has Nearly Doubled since 1980 and Keeps Climbing Every Year
In 1980, 7% of newlyweds in the United States married someone of a different race or…