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Long-Distance, Full-Time Jobs, and One Stolen Truck: An "Inconvenient" Romance Led to the Wedding of Their Dreams
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (1534+ words) Mehak Chopra and Bhavin Patel's wedding may have ultimately been expansive in scale, but the story behind it began in a more practical (and very easy to relate to) place: two people with demanding lives figuring out how to make…...
People in polyamorous relationships fight 'shame,' demand legal protections
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1175+ words) Megan Katz hasn't always been so forthcoming about the fact that she dates outside her marriage. Katz, 51, a librarian in West Hollywood, has two children with her "nesting partner," and another partner whom she does not live with. She has…...
L.A. Affairs: I swore off cats. Then I met my dream guy who had one
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1248+ words) In a Burbank writers" room, over deli sandwiches from down the street, someone asked, "What"s your one dating deal-breaker?" I didn"t hesitate. "He can"t have a cat." A few eyebrows lifted. That"s the hill? I doubled…...
Your Bedroom Isn’t Just Where You Sleep — It Might Be Affecting Your Relationship
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1043+ words) Valentine's Day has a way of making people overanalyze their relationships. Not in a dramatic, everything-is-falling-apart kind of way. It's more subtle than that. You love your partner. You're fine. But maybe the energy is off and you can't quite…...
Leading Wedding Experts Challenge Couples To Swap Basic Photo Booths For This Upgraded "Editorial Experience"
3+ week, 5+ day ago (351+ words) My husband and I came home with beautiful portrait images of ourselves, which we loved so much that we ended up framing them. "The backdrop sets the entire mood of the portrait. We love using velvet drapes for that old…...
Review: 'Midwinter Break' shows a marriage that's too accommodating of an unspoken strain
3+ week, 5+ day ago (294+ words) We used to have more films like "Midwinter Break," in which the combination of a couple of great actors, a gifted writer and the unfussy shepherding of a thorny, intimate scenario gave discerning moviegoers their recommended weekly allowance of adult…...
L.A. Affairs: I met the one, but she lived so far away. Would she ever come to L.A.?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1208+ words) It was Sunday morning. I shivered from the rain and entered John O'Groats on Pico Boulevard. The owner greeted me as I headed for a seat at the crowded counter. A few of the regulars nodded in my direction. I…...
L.A. Affairs: How I learned the difference between love and survival in a chemsex world
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1540+ words) On Christmas morning, the man I thought I needed left me in another man's cabin. Hours earlier, Thom and I had been sprawled on the floor of a Santa Rosa utility closet where we'd been living, passing a meth pipe…...
Review: 'Polyamory made me feel like a teenager.' One woman's chaotic, sexy journey
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (460+ words) Saying Yes: My Adventures in Polyamory By Natalie Davis Skyhorse: 288 pages, $33If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. One night, Natalie Davis, a married woman who…...
Wedding Traditions Explained - Los Angeles Times
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (672+ words) This tradition began as a rhyme in 19th-century England during the Victorian era and traveled into American wedding traditions through cultural exchange. The full verse functioned as a charm for good fortune. Something old symbolized the bride's past and her…...