Taking your wife

A wife is a married woman. The plural of wife is wives. A man who is married is called a husband. A woman whose marital partner has died is called a widow. Some married people prefer gender-neutral terms, such as spouse or partner. The choice is up to the people in the marriage.

Keeping the spark burning is the key to a long and happy marriage. Are you looking for various ways to romance your wife? Here are some ways you keep the heat alive in your marriage and show your wife she still sweeps you off your feet. Keep reading! At times, romancing your wife is as simple as spending time with her.

It's rare for men who get married to change their last names -- whether they take their wife's, adopt a hyphenated version or create a combination of the two. But those that do tend to be less educated, according to a new Portland State University study. PSU sociology professor Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer analyzed data collected from a nationally representative survey that asked men if they did anything to their surnames in their most recent marriage. Of the men, only 27, or 3 percent, changed their name. Of those, 25 dropped their last name to take their wife's and two hyphenated their last name.

Last Updated on August 5, Humans and human emotions are one of the most complex things that sometimes get difficult to understand. Marriages too fall under this category and many people opt for the institution of marriage thinking that everything will be perfect and happy in it! But that is not the case, there are many adjustments and compromises that one needs to make for the marriage to work.