My group of close friends was made up of 2 couples and myself. When one couple split, I grieved too.

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A woman comforts her friend with an embrace.

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My husband and I were in a throuple with someone 16 years younger. Dating someone with such a big age gap caused issues.

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The author, right, and her husband, left, entered a throuple together.

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My husband and I first met in preschool. We lost touch for a while, but we've now been married for 15 years.

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My husband and I have been married for 15 years. We met in preschool.

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My husband and I try to spend as much time apart as possible. It makes us stronger.

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The author, left, tries to spend time away from her husband, right.

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As a child of divorce, I did everything in my power to maintain a strong, healthy marriage. I accidentally sabotaged it.

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The author, not pictured, was determined not to get divorced.

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I fell for my neighbor, and he's now my boyfriend. We struggle with boundaries since we live so close to each other.

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The author, left, met her boyfriend, right, when he moved in next door.

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I'm an American living in Paris with my French husband. We sometimes fight over our cultural differences.

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The writer, left, sometimes fights with her French husband, right.

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My husband and I divorced after 2 years of marriage. We started dating again, but we won't re-marry.

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Anu Verma and Rob with their son

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The night my ex-husband and I got divorced, we went out to dinner to celebrate. I will always love him.

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The writer says she will always be friends with her ex-husband.

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Mark Zuckerberg got his wife a 7-foot statue of herself. A couples therapist said such a lavish gift might be a red flag.

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Mark Zuckerberg gifted his wife of 12 years, Priscilla Chan, a 7-foot statue of herself that is dividing the internet.

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