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• My husband and I made a pact never to divorce if we had children.
• We spent years disconnected and barely speaking, but we didn't leave — thanks to the pact.
• Nearly 30 years later, I'm grateful we stayed because our love now is deeper and hard-earned.

I remember sitting on opposite ends of the couch, years into our

• Parrie Hartley, 30, wasn't interested in settling down and having kids in her twenties.
• In February, Hartley moved from Austin to Spain for a fresh start.
• Adjusting to a new language was hard, but she's happier in Spain and has made new friends.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Parrie Hartley, 30, who

• My husband is a surgeon doing his residency and often works 80-hour workweeks.
• For us, right now, support looks a little different.
• I'm doing more household tasks, and we have less time together than I thought we would.

When I married my husband, I knew I was marrying someone exceptional. He's kind, generous, endlessly patient, and

• Trump's 39% tariff on Swiss imports could hit luxury watch prices in the US.
• Switzerland is a key hub for watchmakers; tariffs would affect brands like Rolex and Cartier.
• Pre-owned watch prices could rise as demand shifts from new to secondhand markets, dealers said.

Watch collectors might want to skip the Rolex

These days, every new TV on the market is a smart TV. This means they come with a built-in interface to access all your favorite streaming services. But I have a hot take: most smart TVs make for terrible streaming devices. Sure, you can technically access most of your favorite streamers, but so often these built-in smart TV platforms are clunky, slow, and not very user-friendly. Plus, some older

• July's jobs report shows a hiring slowdown, and that May and June figures were worse than previously thought.
• Many job seekers have been feeling dismal about the job market prior to the summer hiring slowdown.
• An Indeed Hiring Lab director said that the report "reinforced"

• My mom and I took our first summer vacation to Lake Arrowhead in 1995.
• We loved it so much, we've gone back every summer since then.
• Going on the same vacation is low-stress and budget-friendly, and now, my kids come, too.

Every year for the last 30 years, my mom and I have taken the same summer

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Harvey Mendelson is no stranger to reinvention.

His career over the last six decades has pivoted from stockbrokering to real estate to car sales, with a few business launches along the way. Now, at 88, he's discovered a new passion: photography.

Mendelson, who lives in California, owns and runs a photo

• Meg Josephson, a therapist, used to be a people-pleaser.
• The author of "Are You Mad at Me?" said Gen Zers can also struggle with people-pleasing.
• She said growing up online can heighten feelings of rejection and hypervigilance.

Meg Josephson grew up as a people-pleaser.

Raised in a

The wars in the stars never end. But sometimes they fade away.

That's what happened to the Star Wars franchise after an exhausted George Lucas wrapped the original trilogy with Return of the Jedi in 1983. Decades later, fans still refer to the subsequent 10-year famine of Star Wars entertainment as the Dark Times. It happened again when Lucas wrapped up the prequel trilogy with Revenge of the Sith