Tell you a funny story. This old man has two daughters, see? One is beautiful, demure, obedient and everybody wants to marry her, while the other is loud, opinionated, strong-willed—your basic nightmare. So the old man sets up an arranged marriage for the “shrew” daughter, offering tons of money if anybody will marry her. Well, this guy takes the challenge. He—get this—he acts like a crazy man around his new wife, deprives her of food and sleep and decent clothes until sh

Today I have been married to my wife, Anne, for 24 years, which works out to roughly half my life. Can you think of ANYTHING you've done for half of your life, continuously? I know somedays it feels like you spend half your life looking at your cell phone, or replying to email, or waiting on hold with the cable TV company, or cleaning up messes made by children, animals and spouses. But do the math: 24 years x 365 days x 24 hours x 60 minutes = over 12 MILLION minutes you w

It was perfect. Bricks Bennet had arranged everything: the balcony table, the champagne, the ring--even the flash mob singing "I Think I Wanna Marry You". Samantha couldn't say no, and she didn't. All of Chez Albert burst into cheers when she accepted. But no sooner had the crowd dispersed than Brick began to wonder. Had he done the right thing? Had he just set the bar for romance far too high? And who was that dark, winged figure at the top of the stairs? #humor #marria

It may seem counter-intuitive. You join a karate dojo to learn fighting techniques, and you get married (presumably) because you love someone. Kung Fu practitioners kick boards and their mouths don’t match their dialogue, while married couples have babies and stop going clubbing. But matrimony and the martial arts have a lot in common. Both are highly stylized, ritualized forms of combat best done in loose clothing—but it goes even deeper than that. Here are five things