How to rekindle your relationship after a year of WFH
Many couples have come to a standstill, after months of sharing a limited space, day and night. It s time to reignite the flame
Have you grown apart after months of being glued together?
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Relationships have been sorely tested during the pandemic. Therapists report a huge rise in requests for couples’ work and lawyers cite a noticeable increase in queries about how to instigate divorce or separation.
But it’s not all bad news. A survey of 2,559 parents carried out by Harry Benson for charity Marriage Foundation last November found that, while nine per cent of couples reported their relationship had worsened, 20 per cent said it had improved. Benson concluded the UK lockdown hasn’t created the divorce boom many had predicted.
Get set for a post-Covid relationship boom, says Hinge boss
People now want real intimacy and partnership more than a fleeting hook-up, according to the dating app founder
18 April 2021 • 3:00pm
Justin McLeod, chief executive of Hinge, a dating app that aims to spark serious relationships I think this fall will be a cuffing season for the ages, says Justin McLeod, the 37-year-old chief executive of Hinge.
He is referring to a modern romantic ritual in which single people couple up through the winter and decide in spring whether to stay. It is just one face of the relationship renaissance that his company forecasts in 2021.
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Not even a stroke that affected Maurice Tucker s speech and ability to walk will keep him from his wife, Gwen.
In a quip on her
Will & Grace 2004 cameo, Jennifer Lopez – who has been engaged five times and married three – congratulates a newlywed couple by saying: “And just remember, the secret to a happy marriage is – oh, who am I kidding?” J. Lo’s self-deprecation isn’t the only revealing truth here; her attitude towards love is also reflective of a new generation. Fantasising over finding “the one” has fallen out of fashion. When people commit these days, many do so knowing this may not be the last time.