Cherlin calls college-educated Americans “the winners in the new economy.” More of these winners get married than the economically less well off. “Marriage has become a status symbol ...

Marriage is a symbol of change, and change is scary. Women, I have found, tend to act out their fear by overthinking wedding details. Men go the opposite way, and avoid getting involved.

Dear Amy: My question certainly isn’t life-threatening, but it is driving me nuts. I was married for 10 years, divorced for 13, and happily remarried for seven. My first marriage was annulled ...

From two mothers and two cultures to a marriage uniting communities, Sandi Mzolo Padayachee reminds us that our shared humanity is greater than what divides us.