It’s easy to assume that a second marriage is a second chance at happiness. Many first marriages happen when both partners are young and still figuring out who they are and what they want from life — ...

Second marriages have long been called a triumph of hope over experience — a line rooted in the assumption that remarriage simply repeats the dynamics of a first union. But that notion is increasingly ...

Yet, a growing body of psychological insights suggests that second marriages frequently blossom into more fulfilling and resilient partnerships. What's behind this surprising trend? It often comes ...

When people enter their second marriage, they typically bring a sense of optimism and lessons learned from their previous relationship. The assumption is that experience will make them better partners ...

Conventional wisdom tells us that those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it, so why are second and third marriages so much more likely to fail? South African writer, potter, translator, ...