What does it take to love well and wisely? Risk, resilience, and a good enough childhood - not a great one, just good enough. Ethel Person talks matters of the heart with Cathleen Medwick.

She made big plans; her boyfriend made excuses. She pushed; he pulled away. But when Darby Saxbe trained to become a couples therapist, she learned to put down her weapons, lean in, and collaborate on a winning cease-fire.

Love is (a) champagne and high heels; (b) a passionate, china-shattering fight, followed by an all-night tango; (c) a constant, nagging feeling of insecurity; (d) none of the above. Joan Konner explores the crucial difference between romance and the L

Partnership isn't about his and hers, yours and mine, IOU and you-owe-me. Amy Bloom says it's a subtler form of math that adds up to the magic.

Ordinary little annoyances are potentially ruinous for 80 percent of couples. Is there any way to stop the downward spiral?