Marriage in Dating

Only Marriage: the latest headlines first, then BRO’s own Marriage stories and video. All of Dating →

Judge him by what he does when it costs him something

Character doesn't show up in conversation. It shows up in the small, expensive moments — and most of them happen in the first year.

GuideBe a ManSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Most apologies fail in the first sentence

A real apology has five parts, and almost everyone skips three of them. The fix takes about thirty seconds and a lot of nerve.

Ask BRO

Pressure-test my business idea

Ask it

GuideFamilyCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

How to split the work at home without keeping score

Dividing chores doesn't fix anything. Dividing ownership does. A practical way to run a house that neither of you resents.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

PartnerShirts.com

Family6 min read

The marriage you have to rebuild after the children arrive

Nobody warns you that the partnership you built before kids stops working the week you bring one home. Rebuilding it takes deliberate, unglamorous work.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

Keeping your temper is a skill, not a personality trait

The gap between what provokes you and what you do about it can be widened on purpose. Most men never try.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

Telling your kids someone they love has died

Plain words, the right timing, and what to do in the weeks after — from the conversation no parent wants to have.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

PartnerCancerDefying.com

GuideFamilyCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

What to say before your teenager goes to the party

The code word, the no-questions ride, and the one rule that makes a kid call you at midnight instead of hiding it until Tuesday.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideBe a ManSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

How to apologize so it actually counts

A real apology takes about twenty seconds and four parts. Most men have never been shown one, so they improvise, and the improvising is the problem.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

Run a family meeting your kids don't dread

Twenty minutes, same night every week, a fixed agenda and food on the table. The rest is just discipline.

Ask BRO

Rehearse the raise conversation with me

Ask it

GuideFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Looking after your parents without wrecking your marriage

Most families start this in a hospital corridor at two in the morning. Do the unglamorous work now and you'll argue about far less later.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

PartnerCoconut.com

BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

Duty is what holds the rest of it up

Passion comes and goes. Duty is the standing order you keep when the feeling has left the building, and almost everything good sits on top of it.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

The twenty minute meeting that stops the week running you

One shared calendar, one short conversation on Sunday, and a few rules about what goes in first. That's the whole system.

BRO TakeFamilySam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

The arithmetic changes when dad is in the house

Most of what a father adds isn't dramatic. It's hours, margin, supervision and a second voice, and it compounds over eighteen years.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

PartnerGermProof.com

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

Losing your temper is a habit, and habits can be unlearned

Anger arrives on its own. What you do in the six seconds after it arrives is entirely up to you, and it can be trained.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Family6 min

What marriage gives you that living together doesn't

Family5 min

Holding a standard at home without becoming the tyrant

Ask BRO

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

Ask it

GuideBe a ManSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Most men have never given a real apology

The six parts of an apology that actually repairs something, the four counterfeits, and how to handle it when it isn't accepted.

Ivermectin.com — Tracked USPS delivery, no clinic visit

PartnerIvermectin.com

Family6 min read

What a father in the house is actually doing

The case for fatherhood isn't sentimental. It's arithmetic, and most of it gets settled in the boring hours nobody photographs.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

Older articles