The All-or-Nothing Marriage
by Eli J. Finkel
Finkel's history and psychology of American marriage: from institutional to companionate to self-expressive, and why modern marriage can be the best ever or suffocating. With research-based 'lovehacks'.
Read it if…
you want the big-picture research on why marriage feels so demanding now.
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Skip it if…
you want a how-to.
Try instead: The Science of Happily Ever After →
Three things you will actually use
- Expectations have climbed Maslow's hierarchy.
- Invest or recalibrate expectations.
- Small hacks help.
Do this first
Try one lovehack, such as the third-party perspective exercise.
Our verdict
Big-picture marriage research.
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