January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. If you’re looking for a spouse — or hoping to become a better one — here are a few things you might want to know, including why you shouldn’t panic if no one is on the horizon.
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/national-spouses-day-fact-sheet/
Articles
Council on Contemporary Families
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/parents-cant-go-it-alone-symposium-2019-coontz-dads-count-too/
Call Your Girlfriend
"Marriage didn't always wreck friendships among women, as it did the 1950s, or strain both cherished relationships, as often happens today. Stephanie Coontz studies the long history of family structures from forager society to the present. History has some stark (and cheering) lessons about the ways that friendship functions as a deep human bond. Plus, we're renewed, refreshed, and restored after taking a break and doing a full home reorganization."
Interview with Stephanie starts at 10:15
NBC News
Couples who follow stereotypical ideas about what a wife should do report the least satisfaction and the most conflict.
Wisconsin Public Radio
https://www.wpr.org/how-last-names-are-evolving-young-couples
CBC Radio
A U.K. study found people are getting intimate less often, especially couples