Louise Rafkin

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Louise Rafkin

George Arison, the C.E.O. of Grindr, and Dr. Robert Luo have embraced domestic life with their "twiblings" while balancing rigorous work lives. On a recent afternoon, George Arison and Dr. Robert Luo enjoyed a moment of downtime in their modern home in Portola Valley, Calif., a bucolic town east of Palo Alto. The couple, who married in March 2019, have two children, and since their wedding, have moved twice while Mr. Arison took two tech companies public.

Nov 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Louise Rafkin

In Unhitched, couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward. Emily and Matthew Hyland met in September 2001 while they were in college. It was just after Sept. 11, and the two had bonded because both had family living near the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. After marrying, they moved to New York City and started a pizza restaurant in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Oct 18, 2024 | nytimes.com | Louise Rafkin

In early 2022, Paul Thomas Keating and Laura Baroni each traveled to Costa Rica looking for something - but not necessarily for someone. The two kicked around the small beach town of Santa Teresa, on the western coast, for more than a month before laying eyes on each other. When they did, there were sparks but few words. At a dinner with mutual friends, Ms. Baroni, who is from Italy, was immediately intrigued by the handsome, curly-haired American.

Jun 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Louise Rafkin

When Suzette Mullen finally acknowledged her complicated feelings for the woman she considered her best friend, she felt the weight of a significant question: Am I gay? Ms. Mullen, then 54, had been married for more than two decades to her husband, whom she loved. They lived together in Montauk, N.Y., and had two adult sons. She didn't have anyone she could talk to about the feelings she had been harboring.

May 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | Louise Rafkin

In Unhitched, couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward. Liza Cooper and Alex Yaroslavsky, both from New York City, met in their late 30s, in March 2007, through a dating app; they married about a year later. Both secular Jews, the two seemed compatible on paper, yet differences in their communication styles sometimes created conflict and ultimately brought an end to their marriage.