Couples were less likely to be likeable when the woman was more verbally assertive, and silence could well be a golden rule for her, according to a study at the Green Mountain College. "In couples in which the woman is more verbally assertive, and the man more submissive, the relationship tends to suffer," said Dr. Jennifer Sellers, assistant professor of psychology at the college.

Egyptian couples file for divorce every six minutes, the state-run statistics bureau reported last week. According to the report, approximately one-third of marriages in the North African nation fail in the first year. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said that Egyptian courts rule on around 250 divorces daily.

Singapore Airlines is not allowing romantic passengers aboard its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo jets to use the beds in the private suites of the world's biggest commercial plane for sex. Australian newspaper Mercury quoted a spokesman of the airlines as saying that the ban on airborne sex is among the rules for passenger behavior during flights of the A380.

Days before Halloween, a Berea, Ohio couple decides to get hitched in a theme fit for ghouls, witches and zombies. Tina Milhoane and Robert Seifer III, both in their 20s, were married Wednesday at the entrance to the 7 Floors of Hell haunted house's outdoor cemetery. They promised to live in marital bliss in a ceremony held at their place of work, which they also considered their second home.

A traveling exhibition based on broken relationships has arrived in Berlin where it is proving to be popular. Aptly named The Museum of Broken Relationships, it asks people in each city it comes to, to donate memorabilia of their terminated relationships, from brief flings to long painful divorces.