China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs released data on Monday that showed marriage applications declined by 20 percent last year.
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Melania Trump is back in the White House as America’s first lady for a second time — but her life and legacy go beyond her duties as the commander-in-chief's wife.
She made a name for herself even before she met President Donald Trump, when she stepped foot on United States soil at age 26.
Born Melania Knauss, she came to America from Slovenia in 1996 with "youthful confidence."
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"As an adult, there comes a moment when you become solely responsible for the life you lead," she writes in her bestselling memoir, "Melania."
"You must take charge, embrace that responsibility, and become the architect of your own future."
Two years after living in Manhattan, the future Mrs. Trump met the real-estate mogul, Donald J. Trump, at a party while she was still deep into her modeling career.
"He wanted my number, but he was with a date, so of course I didn’t give it to him," the first lady said in a 2016 interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
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"I said, ‘I am not giving you my number; you give me yours, and I will call you.’ I wanted to see what kind of number he would give me — if it was a business number, ‘What is this? I’m not doing business with you.’"
The future president gave her all of his phone numbers, from numbers at Mar-a-Lago to his New York home — and within a week, she gave him a ring.
"I was struck by his energy… He has an amazing sense of vitality," Melania Trump told the magazine.
The next few years involved the finalization of Trump’s second divorce and a brief split between the happy couple, but they eventually reunited, she has said in interviews.
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In 2004, Trump proposed to the future first lady at one of the biggest nights in New York City: the Met Gala.
The next year, the Trumps said "I do" at a most luxurious wedding, which was publicly described as being fit for royalty — from the stunning gown worn by the bride to the exquisite reception at Mar-a-Lago.
While the $100,000 Christian Dior wedding gown, 10,000 flowers on display and chefs serving caviar with Cristal champagne may have been highlights of the evening, Melania Trump said she felt like any other bride when she walked down the aisle.
"Although my wedding was grand in scale … what I felt in my heart was what every other bride feels on her special day. The pressure to ensure everything went smoothly was certainly real, but ultimately, my primary focus was celebrating Donald and my love and commitment, surrounded by my loved ones," she wrote in her memoir.
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On March 20, 2006, the first lady gave birth to the couple's son, Barron William Trump.
In the midst of raising Barron, she continued to find other ways work, inorder to set a good example for her son.
"It’s very important that we show our children that we are working, too. To give them an example [of] how life is," she said in an exclusive interview with "Fox & Friends."
"That they see us as productive. We have ideas and these ideas come to life," she said.
After 10 years of raising her son, being the wife of a business mogul and working on her own endeavors, a new title was added to her long list of achievements: first lady of the United States.
She said she had no idea she would become a prominent figure in the political spotlight when she came to America.
"I think nothing prepared me more to be first lady in front of the world than the fashion industry… It's glamorous, but it's at the same time very tough," Melania Trump shared in her interview with "Fox & Friends."
"Everybody judges you, [looks] at you a certain way … It can be a mean world as well. So nothing prepared me more for this world than fashion. It gives you a thick skin."
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During her time as first lady, she has been an avid supporter of America's military, saying, "Supporting our military is a fundamental belief of mine," Fox News Digital previously reported.
Her love and respect for this country was also clearly on display as she worked to preserve the executive mansion, seeing it as her way of "contributing something lasting and beautiful to the American people, transcending politics and partisanship."
Having already served the country in this role, she knows what is expected of a first lady.
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That previous experience is an advantage she will be able to use for the next four years.
"I have much more experience, much more knowledge. I was in the White House before. So when you go in, you know exactly what to expect. You know what kind of people you need to get," she told "Fox & Friends."
She has an understanding of this role and said she's filled with great pride — writing in her memoir that she has a "stronger sense of duty to use my platform as first lady for good."
Americans are increasingly losing their appetite for sex, especially amongst young men, according to a government study.
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A man decided to take his relationship to the next level and to brand-new heights by proposing to his girlfriend mid-flight.
Sam Riber, a 34-year-old CEO from Pennsylvania, took inspiration from the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie, "The Wedding Singer," to propose to his now-fiancé, Lissy Alden, 37.
The Philadelphia resident first met Alden, owner of mental and organizational fitness provider MYNDY, at a Shabbat dinner early last year. The two immediately felt a connection, as news agency SWNS reported.
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"I almost didn't go to that Shabbat dinner in February because I was tired, but my mom told me I needed to eat … I'm so glad I went," Alden told SWNS.
"We have both dated a lot before, so when we both felt it was really right, we didn't want to have to wait," he said.
Nearly eight months passed by and Riber had already started coming up with a plan to propose to his girlfriend.
While on a flight to Mexico for Alden's birthday, Riber took that moment as an opportunity to get down on one knee while thousands of feet in the air, SWNS reported.
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Riber and Alden are both film lovers — so the CEO decided that he wanted to recreate a scene from the 1998 comedy film.
Without Alden noticing, Riber was able to smuggle a prop guitar onto the plane and work in secret codewords with the flight attendants to pull off the surprise proposal, SWNS said.
Alden and her then-boyfriend were halfway through their flight from North Carolina to Mexico City on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve.
That's when Riber pulled out his prop guitar and serenaded her with the same song Sandler's character sang when he proposed to Barrymore's character in the movie "The Wedding Singer" — "Grow Old With You."
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The fitness founder responded to the life-changing moment with a resounding, "Yes!"
"It was such a special moment," Riber told the news organization.
"I almost couldn't believe it all worked out."
While Riber has been a fan of the movie for years, his now-fiancé was not as familiar with the movie.
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"Lissy had never seen it, so I had to find a way to introduce it to her without giving anything away," the Pennsylvania CEO said.
"I managed to casually suggest a movie night. She went for it and luckily she absolutely loved the film, same as me," he said. "We've since sung versions of that song to each other because we often quote or act out movies to entertain each other, but she had no clue about my wider plan."
Riber was able to pull off the entire proposal without a hitch, thanks to the support of the flight attendants.
"I was lucky enough to have the support of the flight attendants, especially Teri Ramirez, who you see helping me with the PA system," Riber said.
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"The team went above and beyond to help, even introducing our code word 'juice' so I would know when to go up and grab the guitar they'd been hiding for me."
Alden initially thought the excitement on the flight had to do with her birthday, since Riber had already started to celebrate by bumping them up to first class, SWNS added.
"Although I had no idea he was going to propose then and there, we had talked about a future, so it wasn't completely out of the blue," the MYNDY owner shared.
"But, when he got down on one knee, I realized what was happening and just felt so happy."
Reflecting back on the magical moment in the sky, Alden called the experience "a peak life moment."
Nicole Kidman says the key to her successful 18-year marriage to Keith Urban is in their bathroom — more specifically, their shower.
The 57-year-old actress admitted that she sings in the shower and, no surprise, so does her country music star husband.
"I also hear Keith singing in the shower, and I’ll hear his new songs forming," Kidman told W Magazine.
"We have a double shower. The double-headed shower: key to a successful marriage. Separate commodes and a double-headed shower!"
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The Hollywood actress previously shared another key factor in their relationship.
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The couple decided from the beginning that they would only communicate by voice, Kidman told Parade magazine.
"We don't text," Kidman said at the time. "We call. We've done this since the very beginning. The reason it started at the beginning was because I didn’t know how to text, and it just kind of worked for us. So, now we don’t."
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"We just do voice to voice or skin to skin, as we always say. We talk all the time, and we FaceTime, but we just don’t text because I feel like texting can be misrepresentative at times," she added.
Besides their no-texting rule, their secret to a lasting marriage is easy: "Not having secrets," Kidman continued.
In 2023, the country music star told Fox News Digital another way they keep their marriage strong.
"It’s always family first," Urban explained ahead of the ACM Awards.
"It's balanced, so it means it goes out of balance sometimes, and we just put it back in balance," he said. "It's never perfectly in balance, but we get it back on track."
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Kidman and Urban share two daughters: Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
The "Big Little Lies" actress additionally has two adopted children with Tom Cruise: Connor and Isabella.
Kidman has a reportedly strained relationship with those children, in part because of their participation in Scientology, alongside Cruise.
Kidman and Cruise met while working on the 1989 film "Days of Thunder" and married in 1990. They adopted Isabella in 1992 and Connor in 1995. During their divorce in 2001, they shared joint custody.
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