STAGES OF INTIMACY
No matter how close you are with your loved one, working your way through an intimacy plateau is no easy feat. Here’s how to refocus and power through.
By Carly Milne

ARRANGED MARRIAGE LESSONS
This relationship model can teach us all a few things.
By Beth Maher

BOARD GAMES FOR BORED COUPLES
Here are seven cool couple-friendly games.
By Rebecca Stevenson

BEDROOM TRICKS
If your bedroom routine is getting monotonous, it may be time to venture into virgin territory, so to speak. Explore new ground with these sexy games.
By Allison Young

BEST SEXY BOOKS
There’s a little something for everyone in this naughty library.
By Beth Maher

WHAT TO LEARN FROM SAME-SEX COUPLES
When it comes to arguing with your partner, heterosexual couples could take some cues from same-sex couples. Same-sex researcher Esther Rothblum, a women’s studies professor at San Diego State University, has discovered that same-sex couples and heterosexual couples face their conflicts in strikingly different ways.
By Jordana Rapuch

WHY DOES MY PARTNER…
We reveal the reasons behind some gender-based quirks.
By Siski Green

LOOONNNNG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS
Seven things I’ve learned from splitting my time between Canada and the States to be with my girlfriend.
By Mark Moyes

AN “OPEN” MARRIAGE
After her own marriage faced infidelity, author Jenny Block and her husband decided to be “open”—that is, sleep with other partners if they chose to. Block detailed the journey in her memoirs, Open: Love, Sex and Life in an Open Marriage. Here she speaks with 2 about her marital insights, sharing how she thinks relationships and the institution need to change.
By Carly Milne

LOST IN TRANSLATION
Deborah Ostrovsky contemplates the language of love.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: SUSAN COOK, FAMILY LAW MEDIATOR
Cook gives us her rules to follow to keep your relationship healthy.