[creepydata]

I don't get it.

The title of the article is "To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line," but there's absolutely nothing in it that supports the title. All it is is about an unmarried woman whose been in a relationship for only 3 years saying a scheduled conversations and paper an pen (or keyboard in this case) helps her have relationship communication.

The title should really be "communication is helpful for my new relationship."

It's misguided at best to conclude every couple should create this sort of formal contract. Every couple communicates differently.

[gnicholas]

Precisely. I kept waiting for a paragraph beginning: "and now, ten years into our marriage..."

But it never came, since this couple isn't married and hasn't even been dating that long. Clickbait titles like this are common on the internet, but I expect better from the New York Times. This article is bereft of anything remotely newsworthy. Perhaps their new slogan should be "All the news that's fit to print, plus some vapid millennial musings".

[creepydata]

I actually wouldn't mind it if it was an op-ed with a title such as "how I learned effective relationship communication." But with that title I am expecting something of substance.

Also saying they were drinking beers while doing it has the implication that they needed alcohol to be able to have such important conversations. Not saying that's the case, I'm saying it gives the impression.

[creepydata]

Not even are they not married they seem to have a commitment phobia.

[farnsworth]

It's also a reference to the author's article, To Fall in Love, Do This [0] which I remember as being extremely popular and shared all over social media when it was published.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fa...