Research in social and family psychology shows that parents often form strong attachments to their child’s partner, particularly when that person brings stability, kindness, or positive influence into their child’s life. Over time, they may quietly reflect on those relationships and the qualities they admired.

Interestingly, certain birth months are associated with traits that make someone especially memorable to a partner’s family. Curious which ex your parents might still think about from time to time? Keep reading to find out.

August

August-born individuals are naturally confident and a warm spirit to be around. Your mom probably misses their bright light, and your dad might miss their energy. Your August-born ex might have been hard to get along with, but there’s no doubt they made you better. Though your parents might not admit it, they’ve probably missed their daily optimism since they left. They bring excitement into everyday life, and that kind of presence is hard to forget. Your parents may still recall how they could lift the mood in any room and make even ordinary moments feel special.

January

Ambitious but very family-oriented, your January-born ex might have been a little too stern, but there’s no doubt they wanted to see you successful. Your mom might miss the way they kept your life in order. Your days might have been more stable with them and less unpredictable. Your dad might be missing the way they pushed you to dream bigger and work harder for what you wanted. Your parents may still appreciate how they encouraged growth and brought a sense of direction into your life, even if their approach felt intense at times.

March

Those with March birthdays are the nicest people of the year. So, your parents may think about them often and how pleasant they were. They might have been close with your mom and someone your dad could go to for a listening ear. They all probably became friends while you were together. They might not only be missing your ex’s presence but their friendship too. Their kindness and empathy make them easy to love, not just for you but for your entire family. Your parents may miss the warmth they brought into your home and the genuine care they showed to everyone around them.

May

May was an asset to your life, and your parents could tell. As family-oriented as January, they made your parents feel right at home. Your mom might be missing the fact that they kept you focused on your goals on top of reaching them. Your dad might be thinking about how they made you feel more confident about the future. Your parents may still remember how dependable they were and how they seemed to bring out the best version of you.

September

Let’s face it: your September-born ex made your life more organized and orderly than it could have been. They’re peaceful spirits to be around, and your parents might miss that. Your mom might still remember how dependable they were to your needs. And your dad might be missing how much stability they brought in all areas of your life. Your parents may still appreciate how they handled responsibilities with care and how they created a calm, balanced environment.

July

July natives are sweet people. They’re the most family-oriented birth month on this list. They make it a point to prioritize their relationships daily, so your parents probably miss how well they cared for you. They miss how they attended to your needs and treated you exactly how you should be. Your parents may still think about how naturally they fit into the family and how deeply they valued emotional connection.

Her dressed-up looks have included a silver, tight-fitting maxi dress for a 2022 Dolce + Gabbana show and a custom Margiela corset by John Galliano for the 2024 Met Gala.

That preference for comfort at home also helped shape Skims, which she launched in 2019. Kardashian said she used to dye her shapewear with tea bags in the sink because the available shades, black and a very light nude, didn’t match her skin tone. She wanted a range of almost a dozen neutral shades.

“I’m a comfort girlie,” she said. “I wanted more comfort and ease, but to still feel that snatch.”

Kardashian, 45, said the brand’s range of sizes reflects her aim to help people feel confident in their bodies. She’s still involved in fitting the clothes: “I still am in every fit meeting. I love being our fit model.”

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Johnson, whose parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and whose grandmother is Tippi Hedren, said inhibition was never the obstacle. Fear of the material was, and she took that as the reason to do it.

“I wasn’t very invested at first,” she said, because the book scared her and she’d never done anything like it. “But that just told me it was something I should do.”

What drew her in wasn’t the sex. “Reading the book, I found myself more interested in the ways they were breaking each other down emotionally than the sex scenes,” she said. “I think there’s a part of a woman that wants to be the thing that breaks a man down.”

The interview ran with her first major fashion cover, under the headline “Meet Dakota Johnson, the star of ’50 Shades of Grey.'” The casting had been announced September 2, 2013, pairing her with Charlie Hunnam, and fans turned on it fast.

Hunnam dropped out weeks later and Jamie Dornan replaced him. Johnson stayed.

For weeks after she got the part, she wasn’t allowed to tell anyone, not her father, not her mother, not her grandmother. Her reason: “sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.”

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They met in 2017 at a party in Los Angeles. He was 25 and breaking out as Steve Harrington on “Stranger Things.”

She was 24 and already the bigger film name off “It Follows” and “The Guest.” They went official on October 26, 2017, when she kissed his cheek on camera at the “Stranger Things” season 2 premiere.

From there they just showed up. SAG Awards, the Emmys, Paris and Milan fashion weeks, a private Chanel dinner Margot Robbie hosted at the Chateau Marmont.

The last time they were photographed together was the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 27, 2022. In five years they never did a single couple interview.

Monroe also helped make the images that accompanied his work. She photographed Keery for Interview in August 2020, then photographed him wearing white face paint for his music project, Djo, that September.

The most he ever said came in a 2021 GQ profile, where he barely mentioned her but she kept turning up in the anecdotes. He talked about the gold chain she had remade for him as a Christmas gift, joking it might be haunted but that things had been too good for him to feel cursed. On lockdown together: “Over quarantine, it was like we spent so much time together, which was rare.”

He never confirmed the end either, not really. In a 2024 Variety interview he said he had “gone through a big breakup, right as I was leaving Rome,” before shooting “Fargo” in Calgary.

He never said her name. The timeline only fit her, which put the split in late 2022, about five years in.

Confirmation came from the outside. In October 2023, TMZ ran photos of Monroe kissing Dalton Gomez, Ariana Grande’s ex-husband.

She and Gomez went Instagram-official in June 2024 and were still together as of early 2026. Monroe has never commented on the Keery years at all.

Keery said he was going through a breakup when he began writing “The Crux.” The album’s “Delete Ya” includes a Hollywood apartment and trips to an ex’s parents, but he hasn’t identified Monroe as its subject. After 5 years together, how much of that relationship made it into the songs?

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“I didn’t say date. I said, are you interested in going,” she recalled. Then a mutual friend phoned her, wanting to know what was going on. “She’s like, whoa, is this a date? And I said, I don’t really know. And she said, that’s what he said.”

The friend pressed: what happens if you get there and don’t like each other? Hathaway’s answer became the bet.

They’d met earlier that year at the Palm Springs Film Festival. On September 29, 2012, Hathaway and Shulman married in Big Sur in front of more than 150 guests, with the bride in a custom Valentino gown. She told Harper’s Bazaar UK in 2013: “I knew from the second I met him that he was the love of my life.”

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Virgo, you’re always on a quest for perfection, and right now, you’re channeling that energy into improving yourself. You take an organized approach to everything you do, which means you’re probably seeking advice from self-help books or working with productivity apps. You might also find yourself interested in meditation and exercise. Your analytical nature means you’re excellent at identifying areas for growth, and your practical approach ensures you make steady progress when focusing on improvement. Make sure you take the time to celebrate your achievements — you sometimes forget to look at the bigger picture, which means you might not realize just how far you’ve come. 

Sagittarius

Sagittarius, your love for learning and adventure is currently taking a turn inward. You’re likely exploring your values, doing some self-reflection, and picking up new, fulfilling hobbies. Your optimistic nature keeps you motivated, and your open-mindedness ensures you’re willing to try various methods of self-improvement. You might find yourself on a health kick or feeling like you want to spend more time outdoors; you’re also focusing on ways to plan new adventures for yourself and expand your comfort zone even more. If you struggle with anything, Sagittarius, it’s consistency — focus on quality over quantity, and don’t be afraid to stick with something for a while instead of constantly changing things up. 

Capricorn

Capricorn, your disciplined and ambitious nature means that when you set your sights on self-improvement, you go all in. You’re likely setting SMART goals, tracking your progress meticulously, and perhaps even working with a coach or mentor. Your practical approach ensures you make tangible progress, and you’re probably checking in with yourself to make sure you’re on track to hit every step you’ve set for yourself. You’re definitely on the path to growth right now, Capricorn — just make sure you’re enjoying what you’re doing for yourself so you don’t burn out along the way. Self-improvement can be fun, too! 

Speaking on the Off the Vine podcast in her first-ever podcast interview, the 40-year-old actress said she was at an art-gallery party in the Australian bush with a friend she’d known her whole life. She went outside to smoke and thought she saw a doll on the play equipment. Up close, she realized it was a real child, with blood coming from his ears, nose, and mouth.

Rose said she ran to him and picked him up, and for a moment thought she’d saved him “because there was a big deep breath.” The boy was later left brain-dead, and because no one knew what had happened, police came to her school. Classmates started calling her “baby killer.”

She was eventually cleared after the boy’s 7-year-old older brother, who had experienced dissociative amnesia, remembered pushing him down the slide, where his sweater caught on a nail. Rose said the older brother went back to police, and that they “didn’t think it was me anyway.”

Even so, the boy’s mother didn’t want her at the funeral. “So, everyone else went except for me,” Rose said.

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Tony Gonzalez retired at 37. Jason Witten pushed to 38. Most elite tight ends are finished by their early 30s.

Kelce’s peak ran roughly ages 29 to 33, including seven straight 1,000-yard seasons and the tight-end record of 1,416 yards in 2020. That streak ended after 2022.

Since then it’s been 984, 823, and 851 yards, with 13 touchdowns across three years. He’s a future Hall of Famer who’s still useful, which isn’t the same as the best tight end in football anymore.

Quitting crossed his mind after 2024, and it returned after 2025, the year Kansas City finished 6-11 and fell short of the playoffs for the first time since 2014. His contract is built so he can walk: about $12 million guaranteed this year, up to $15 million with incentives, structured with void years so it reads as a three-year, $54.7 million deal on paper. June 2027 is where the real decision lands.

For now he’s still Chiefs, still No. 87. The career line sits around 1,096 catches, 13,248 yards, and 84 receiving touchdowns, with three Super Bowls, 11 Pro Bowls, and seven All-Pros. Through four games this year he has 16 catches for 246 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Yesterday against the Raiders he had 2 catches for 15 yards in a 30-27 win that moved the Chiefs to 4-0. They’re on a bye, so the birthday week is off. Next game is October 18 against the Chargers.

This is his first birthday as Taylor Swift’s husband. They married July 3 at Madison Square Garden, Adam Sandler officiating, both in Dior couture by Jonathan Anderson. The wedding supposedly happened but only once hell has fully frozen over will the photos be released.

He called it “the best night of my life” and said almost nothing else. No party has been announced, and the couple has kept the married version of their life quiet.

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Jane Doe said she ended up in the emergency room and in therapy, telling Ingalls “there’s so much damage on my body and my brain.” She told him he already knew she was “10 shots deep.”

Ingalls pushed back with a different account, telling her she had said she was sober and “hadn’t been anywhere.” Jane Doe denied that account, saying she’d told him she was at a bar for a sorority event and adding “I never lie.”

Ingalls was the friend who invited her to the house that night. On the call he described how it unfolded, saying they danced for a few minutes before he brought in another brother, then they went upstairs. When she asked how so many men ended up in the room, he said the party was crowded and people were filling up the space because there was nowhere else to go.

Jane Doe said she remembered 4 men in the bed and more standing around the room, telling him she looked up and thought “that is too many people.” Ingalls suggested a possibility: “it’s possible that both of us like remember this and it’s not true.” What he did not raise, per ABC News, were Snapchat messages it attributes to him inviting brothers with “Boys come whip it out.”

A Cornell Title IX panel expelled Ingalls and Johnathan Newell; it found Ingalls responsible for sexual assault. Of the other 5, Winston Lee and Gillio Lopes were suspended, while Diego Sarabia, who’d already graduated, was barred from campus for 3 years. Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar received no-contact orders, modules, and reflection papers.

The Times of India, citing the unsealed lawsuit, reported that Kretzschmar was found responsible for attempted sexual exploitation.

During Cornell’s investigation, Ingalls said he was too intoxicated to consent and suggested Jane Doe assaulted him.

None of the 7 named men has been criminally charged. Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit on September 16, 2026, and on October 1 Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor.

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Biden brought his 1967 Corvette Stingray, a car he’s kept for 60 years and driven 200,000 miles. He said his father offered to make monthly payments because he couldn’t afford to buy the car outright. It was a gift for Biden’s August 1966 wedding to Neilia Hunter in Skaneateles, New York.

The Corvette stood apart from the 180 competing vehicles, which had won recognition for their design, beauty and historical importance. Museum founder Nicholas Schorsch gave Biden an Audrain Group membership numbered 46, for his place as the 46th president. Biden also received souvenirs, including an Audrain Motor Week hat.

Jay Leno, a longtime contributor to the event, invited Biden. In June, Biden drove the Corvette on a private track for “Jay Leno’s Garage” and said it was only his 3rd time behind the wheel since becoming president. Secret Service rules prohibit presidents and former presidents from driving on public roads.

After the ceremony, Biden rode a golf cart to see the concours cars with his grandson Robert “Hunter” Biden, the son of the late Beau Biden. Lamborghinis were of particular interest during the visit.

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