When it comes to love and romance, "compatibility" is something of a buzzword. Millennial and Gen-Z singles are known to search for compatibility via their partner's astrological signs), while personality tests promise they'll find out whether or not you're a match with someone. Furthermore, many couples end up breaking up because they're just not compatible with each other.

Sex is not just something many of us like to do whenever we have the time and inclination. The act is the sole reason we're all here. The vast majority of animals (but not all) have sex to procreate. Let's explore this reproductive phenomenon, sometimes referred to as intercourse, coitus or copulation.

A woman whose fiancé is 21 years her senior has revealed he is often mistaken for her dad.

Three weeks after their child was born, 28-year-old Tshepho Dlamini took his wife Lerato out to supper. For the first time since they were together, he felt like he was dining alone.

"I worry that I’ll be single forever," says Laura*, bluntly. "I’ve never known what it’s like to see myself long-term with someone. To be like, 'Yes! I want to be with this person and they want to be with me'." 

Dear Newsweek, About a year and a half ago, my son got involved with a girl he met at his job. He was only 18 and had four credits left to get in his senior year of high school before graduation. About a month before school was due to start back, he came to me and told me that his girlfriend had to move out of her sister's house, and if she couldn't find a place around us, he would move to another town about 45 minutes away.

Your elementary school-aged child is scrolling through YouTube when they are suddenly hit with a political advertisement.

Your elementary school-aged child is scrolling through YouTube when they are suddenly hit with a political advertisement.

According to Katherine Hertlein, who is a couple therapist, reasonable levels of public displays of affection between couples can strengthen relationships and intimacy levels.

All couples have conflicts. For some people, battles are about money ; for others, due to a lack of sexual life or a pattern of constant arguments. And the coronavirus pandemic has added another potential stressor: more time at home together, which can exacerbate tensions or expose hidden cracks in a relationship.

In this day in age, we typically know the political stance of someone that we're seeing pretty early on — online dating makes sure of it. But if we happen to meet someone out and about who we just "click" with, this topic might not come up until later, as, in the beginning, you're lost in the honeymoon phase. Oftentimes, if we're getting along with someone that well, it's more than likely that the two of you will have coinciding political views. But for some of us, we might have a conversation with our partner that leaves us asking, "You're a member of the what party?!"

In the year of Our Lord 2022, you’d expect sex positivity to extend to people with sexually transmitted diseases – but why does contracting something like HPV feel like a dating death sentence?