Do Married Gay Men Care About Infidelity?

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Urban lore says gay men, committed or not, get as much sex as they want from multiple partners. Is it true?

Does True Love Exist?

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Carl Pettit is a romantic: despite the word’s overuse, he still believes in love—true love.

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence [Video]

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Book author and TED Talk speaker Esther Perel shares the secret to desire in a long-term relationship.

Monogamish: Two Is Company, But Is Three Really a Crowd?

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Zach Stafford digs up some surprising figures about modern relationships, and asks: is it worth pretending to be monogamous when you’re not?

Why Do We Live With Lies in Marriage?

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We’re fixated on infidelity, even entertained by it. But there are worse breaches of trust, unglamorous difficulties that stress and end marriages, problems our society tends to very badly.

The Mother of the Mamma Mia Bride, in Real Life

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A pregancy scare following a hat-trick of lovers, and a cheesy show about a wedding gone haywire leave Beth Franken contemplating the purpose of monogamy.

Attracted to Both Sexes, Committed to One Person

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A bisexual woman, married to a man for nearly two decades, comes out on Facebook.

Why Do Men Cheat?

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Biology explains why men stray, but reason and affection hold the keys to happy, monogamous marriages between women and men.

5 Reasons Being a Single Man is Kind of Overrated

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Damon Young lists the ways in which it sorta sucks to be single.

Why Do Good People Cheat? 12/21

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For almost as long as marriage has existed, so has adultery.

Boys and Men Just Want Sex. Right?

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In reality, most male undergraduates don’t have—or want—multiple sex partners.

What Is Polyamory?

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A brief guide to the most common questions about polyamory and how it works.

Why We Crave Porn

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Although we treat porn as a commodity, it is actually a deeply desired human interaction.

Mandatory Monogamy Doesn’t Work Either

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Jasmine Peterson was polyamorous, her husband wasn’t… guess which one cheated.

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships

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Why can’t we love one another like we used to?

Open Thread: Is Jealousy Okay in a Relationship?

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In this video clip, Christopher Ryan explains the problem with jealousy in relationships. Do you agree?