AP/Getty It’s hard not to compare Meghan Markle — Prince Harry’s new fianceé — to Prince William’s wife Kate Middleton. At least on the surface, the two royal courtships couldn’t appear more different. Most notably, Markle and Prince Harry met in 2016, when they were both in their 30s. Just about a year later, they […]
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Payoffs, Threats, And Secret Marriages
In the spring of 2017, 29-year-old N.M.’s life was unraveling. Her parents’ nasty breakup had left her and her mother homeless, forcing them to leave London and crash with a relative in northwest England. The move cost her the job she loved at an Islamic school. Broke and adrift in a new city, she was […]
Elon Musk has finally spoken out about his personal life — here’s his complicated history of marriages, divorces, and dating
Joshua Roberts/Reuters • Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was interviewed for an intensely candid Rolling Stone profile. • He discussed his views on relationships and loneliness. • Musk has been married twice, and recently split from his girlfriend actress Amber Heard. Elon Musk got candid about his personal life in a recent, in-depth Rolling […]
Gay Muslim marriages ‘thriving’ in Britain, says drag queen
Same-sex Muslim marriages are “thriving” in the UK, according to the person billed as the country’s first Muslim drag queen. Asifa Lahore, 34, whose Pakistani family raised her in west London, contested the recent claim made by another gay Muslim that his was the first union between two Muslim people of the same sex in […]
Goodbye, Arranged Marriages. Hello, Modern Love.
Should he be a vegetarian? This is the first question that makes me pause. Before it, Jasbina Ahluwalia has asked me for a boatload of information that feels comically foreign. Does the religion of my future husband matter? Must he be Indian? From a particular region? No, no, no, I laugh, feeling modern and flippant. […]
The Rise of Open Marriages, the Demise of Comey, dogecoin and Pixar: This Week’s Recommended Reading
Here at Flavorwire, we pride ourselves on not only writing some of the best content on the internet, but keeping an eye on all of the great writing that other folks on the ‘net are doing, too. This week, we read fascinating pieces on a pretty wide range of subjects, from the Comey affair to the […]
Germany to crack down on immigrant child brides, underage marriages
Published time: 5 Apr, 2017 13:17 Germany’s government has moved to stamp out child marriages by drafting a law that will raise the age of consent to 18 and give authorities the ability to break up unions involving minors. The law is an effort to tackle underage marriages prevalent in some immigrant communities, according to […]
Almost half of Japanese marriages are sexless – study
A new survey has revealed that married couples in Japan – which already has one of the lowest birthrates in the world – are having less sex than ever. In addition fewer people are getting hitched, and the number of adult virgins remains eye-opening. The Japan Family Planning Association (JFPA), a public research institution, received […]
