Sex & Relationships

If you're in an on-again, off-again relationship, you might want to go off again for good.

How did the human animal, a finicky creature with seemingly insatiable appetites for sex, food and conflict, evolve from a randy cave dweller in a loincloth to a Dockers-wearing stay-at-home Dad?

Some blessed unions don’t survive the honeymoon, others make it to celebrate 20th and 30th anniversaries before they implode, scattering half a lifetime’s worth of ups and downs with four words: I want a divorce.

Forgiveness may qualify as one of life’s greatest challenges. In terms of difficulty, letting someone off the hook for doing you a dirty, whether it’s cheating, lying or betraying a confidence, has to be up there with summiting Mount Everest and figuring out why they keep making episodes of Jersey Shore.

More likely to throw a shoe at your partner than walk a mile in his Converse? There’s a chance your relationship may be suffering from an empathy deficit.