Read more relationship stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11374/relationship.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:02:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72212/couples-who-share-chores-have-more-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore housework equals more sex, a new study shows, though watchers are split on why that is. Two answers quickly spring up: For one, active folks tend to pour their energy into all pursuits. “This group of go-getters seem to make sex a priority,” a researchers tells the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/72212/couples-who-share-chores-have-more-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 13:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71761/men-more-likely-to-abandon-sick-partners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRelationships fail seven times more often when illness strikes the female partner than when it strikes the man. Researchers don't know why, but theories abound: “There is an immediate shift in a relationship when an illness is diagnosed,” a counselor tells the Times of London. Gender roles change more radically...http://www.newser.com/story/71761/men-more-likely-to-abandon-sick-partners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 12:11:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71036/look-up-exes-on-facebook-at-your-own-peril.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBack in the halcyon pre-Facebook days, Elizabeth Bernstein writes, you didn't just pick up the phone and ring up an old flame. “If you went looking for a former partner, you knew you were looking for trouble.” So why it should be any different on Facebook? A survey of botched...http://www.newser.com/story/71036/look-up-exes-on-facebook-at-your-own-peril.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70669/justin-jessica-are-splits-maybe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe gossip sites can't decide: Are Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel on or off? A friend tells US Weekly that Timberlake has told friends “it’s over”—after dumping Biel over the phone a month ago. But a different source tells People "they're not breaking up. Any time they spend apart...http://www.newser.com/story/70669/justin-jessica-are-splits-maybe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69972/job-market-splitting-up-couples.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the job market failing to recover along with the larger economy, two-career couples are facing tough choices and increasingly being forced into long-distance relationships. A recent survey has found that 18.2% of Americans who took new jobs in the second quarter also relocated, up from 11.4% a...http://www.newser.com/story/69972/job-market-splitting-up-couples.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 5:18:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67829/fibs-are-good-for-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRaina Kelley is not happy with this "new spate of advice talking about how lying is bad for a relationship," she writes in Newsweek . "That is my line in the sand. Marriages cannot exist without dishonesty." Now, she doesn't mean the big stuff, like adultery. She's talking little fibs. "I...http://www.newser.com/story/67829/fibs-are-good-for-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 18:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66758/zellweger-cooper-dating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRenee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper are dating, the New York Daily News reports. The pair have been close since filming the upcoming Case 39 together. But the couple’s relationship appears to have taken off with a weekend trip to Barcelona, where they were spotted arm in arm at their hotel...http://www.newser.com/story/66758/zellweger-cooper-dating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 17:15:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66422/pain-sacrifice-marital-bliss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarital bliss? Toss it out the window, and get down to pain and anguish ASAP, experts say. While many studies find that stress can exacerbate a marriage—turning a short-tempered husband into an abusive one, for example—some experts say adversity is the key to marital success. "It’s protective, helping...http://www.newser.com/story/66422/pain-sacrifice-marital-bliss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 16:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66075/jen-im-ok-being-lonely-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJennifer Aniston refuses to “ignore the pink elephant in the living room,” she tells Elle . “If I’m the emblem for ‘this is what it looks like to be the lonely girl getting on with her life,’ so be it. I can make fun of myself. And I’ll bring it...http://www.newser.com/story/66075/jen-im-ok-being-lonely-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 13:35:20 CDT