It is a good reason for women to take their husband into the labour ward when they give birth. Holding the hand of someone you love can help with pain and make it hurt less. Women given their partner’s hand to hold experienced half the amount of pain they did when left alone, after scientists …

‘I can’t wait to see you! It’s been too long!’ your friend says in response to your text the day you’re supposed to hang out. Sure, they’ve flaked and given vague last-minute excuses the last two times you made plans, but you’re both adults with busy lives. In fact, they’re probably way more swamped than …

Whether you slowly grew apart or caught your partner red-handed, the end of a relationship is so hard. You might feel lingering reminders of them everywhere you look, from the coffee mug they gave you to the shirt they forgot to pack when they left. Listen, I totally get it. Getting over an ex after …

You’re at brunch with a bunch of friends, and one jokes she hasn’t gotten any action since Obama was in office. Cue: The rest of your brunch crew jumping in to commiserate about their husband’s schlubbiest traits. Suddenly, you find yourself in a spiral of negative sex talk. Bad relationship juju can be socially transmittable. …

HE KNOWS YOU HATE DOING THE DAMN DISHES – SO HE DOES THEM. When you’ve been together for years, it’s obvious that your husband knows your likes and dislikes. But if you want to know if he loves you, see how he adjusts to your “irritation triggers.” “If he knows the three or four things …