Family & Parenting
Friendship after children
Social networks contract sharply after a first child, and the loss has consequences for the couple that are rarely connected to it.
Topic
friendship
Every Relationship Punch article tagged friendship — 4 pieces across 3 sections.
Endings & Repair
Staying friends, and when it works
A common intention with a poor success rate, and the cases where it works have identifiable features.
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Independence inside a couple
Merging is presented as the goal and produces a specific set of problems that appear around the third year.
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Friendship inside a relationship
The component most consistently associated with long-term satisfaction is also the one most easily displaced by logistics.