{"id":97639,"date":"2024-04-03T04:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=97639"},"modified":"2024-04-29T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:48:00","slug":"97639","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/web-stories\/97639\/","title":{"rendered":"Guys and the Effort Mystery: 5 Reasons Why They Start Taking It Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Nunito\" rel=\"stylesheet\"><link href=\"https:\/\/image.marriage.com\/advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/W1.jpg\" rel=\"preload\" 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