Tell Us "What Is Your Love End Game?" and Enter to Win the Ultimate Valentine's Date Package!


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Marriage Survey

With Valentine's Day on the horizon, love is in the air. But while February 14 always conjures up images of roses and chocolate, new research suggests that modern relationships are less traditional. Fewer Americans are getting married and those who do are waiting longer. For Valentine's Day, we partnered with AskMen.com and want to ask our readers if and how their ideas of love and goals for Read more

"I'm Worried I'm Marrying Too Young"


Updated 02/12/12 9:15 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 7 comments

How Young Is Too Young to Marry?

This week's confession comes from our anonymous Confession Booth group in the TrèsSugar Community. Weigh in with your advice below. I'm 20 about to turn 21, my boyfriend is 21. Weve been together for almost three years, we'll be moving in together in a couple months and plan to get married next year. We've never had huge problems, nothing to make us question our compatibility or future Read more

Link Time — Adele Is the Answer to Our Problems


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Adele Songs For Every Mood

Here's an Adele song for every problem life might throw at you — Huffington Post New Jersey's state senate passes gay marriage bill — The Daily Beast Valentine's Day dates for newly engaged couples — YourTango The dos and don'ts of PDA — CollegeCandy 10 reasons to love small boobs — The Frisky Disturbing tweets from Chris Brown's female fans — Slate The Vow tops the box office — Read more

Love, Sex, & Marriage in the Days of Downton Abbey


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Downton Abbey Era Marriages

The entire plot of the first season of PBS's standout show Downton Abbey revolves around the cultural customs and laws of heirs, women's rights, and marriage during the last hoorah of Britain's Edwardian era at the cusp of World War I. Then the current season covers WWI and beyond, from 1916 to 1920. This transition was a time of social and political turmoil, and it marked a pivotal change for Read more

"He Won't Buy Me an Engagement Ring"


Updated 02/13/12 12:46 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 9 comments

Boyfriend Won't Buy Engagement Ring

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My boyfriend had been hinting to me about getting married and starting a family. He has been divorced before but no kids. I don't know if he's joking or not but I think he's trying to tell me that he won't get a diamond ring for me. He told me he thinks a diamond ring is pointless because Read more

Geeky Proposals Caught on Film


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Geeky Proposals on Video

With Valentine's Day creeping around the corner, we're caught up in the season of love. If it's marriage we're talking, these days, to make a serious statement of your heart's intentions it's all about adding some geeky personality for an unforgettable proposal. We've seen dozens of these proposals memorialized on the web to send our hearts aflutter. The latest: the below video combines binary Read more

Fat-Proof Your Life


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Fat-Proof Your Marriage

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. By Maridel Reyes It's true that there are certain times in your life when extra poundage seems to appear out of nowhere . . . and settle on you. In fact, experts have honed in on the exact moments when you're most vulnerable to weight gain. "Life transitions, having a baby, and going through menopause cause Read more

Gay Marriage Supporters Cheer as Appeals Court Rules Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional


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Proposition 8 Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court has reaffirmed that California's gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional. Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that voter-passed Proposition 8 violates the 14th Amendment of the US constitution. Gay marriage supporters outside the courthouse in San Francisco cheered the decision, but the fight isn't over yet. The case will likely make it to the US Supreme Court as Read more

The Couple Who Inspired The Vow


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The Vow Real Life Couple

Kim and Krickitt Carpenter sold the movie rights to their unforgettable love story back in 1996. But it took until this week for that film, The Vow, to come out. The Carpenters married in September 1993, and less than 10 weeks later, a car accident left them both injured and Krickitt in a coma. Once she woke up, she had no memory of her husband. Besides the coma and memory loss, The Vow doesn't Read more

Link Time — Played-Out Online Dating Pickups


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Online Dating Pickups

Dear men: these online dating messages are played out — The Frisky Five ways friends can help you get over your ex — YourTango A few things you should know about your birth control — CollegeCandy Orgasmless sex isn't just a female thing — Em & Lo The hunger blogs: a secret world of teenage thinspiration — Huffington Post The many different looks of Ashton Kutcher — theBERRY More Read more