diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 2e83d371f..219e3c466 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('include/cache.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '3.0.1361' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1145      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1146      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 48900839c..e32bca5ac 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `profile` (
   `gender` char(32) NOT NULL,
   `marital` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `with` text NOT NULL,
+  `howlong` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `sexual` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `politic` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `religion` char(255) NOT NULL,
diff --git a/include/datetime.php b/include/datetime.php
index f4dcfce62..3b1491e4d 100644
--- a/include/datetime.php
+++ b/include/datetime.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ function timesel($pre,$h,$m) {
 // Limited to range of timestamps
 
 if(! function_exists('relative_date')) {
-function relative_date($posted_date) {
+function relative_date($posted_date,$format = null) {
 
 	$localtime = datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$posted_date); 
 
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ function relative_date($posted_date) {
 		if ($d >= 1) {
 			$r = round($d);
 			// translators - e.g. 22 hours ago, 1 minute ago
-			return sprintf( t('%1$d %2$s ago'),$r, (($r == 1) ? $str[0] : $str[1]));
+			if(! $format)
+				$format = t('%1$d %2$s ago');
+			return sprintf( $format,$r, (($r == 1) ? $str[0] : $str[1]));
         }
     }
 }}
diff --git a/include/profile_advanced.php b/include/profile_advanced.php
index 8c2acd8e7..2326ae716 100644
--- a/include/profile_advanced.php
+++ b/include/profile_advanced.php
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ function advanced_profile(&$a) {
 
 		if($a->profile['with']) $profile['marital']['with'] = $a->profile['with'];
 
+		if(strlen($a->profile['howlong']) && $a->profile['howlong'] !== '0000-00-00 00:00:00') {
+				$profile['howlong'] = relative_date($a->profile['howlong'], t('for %1$d %2$s'));
+		}
 
 		if($a->profile['sexual']) $profile['sexual'] = array( t('Sexual Preference:'), $a->profile['sexual'] );
 
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index ca3890eb9..e32fdb33d 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -62,9 +62,15 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 		$pub_keywords = notags(trim($_POST['pub_keywords']));
 		$prv_keywords = notags(trim($_POST['prv_keywords']));
 		$marital = notags(trim($_POST['marital']));
+		$howlong = notags(trim($_POST['howlong']));
 
 		$with = ((x($_POST,'with')) ? notags(trim($_POST['with'])) : '');
 
+		if(! strlen($howlong))
+			$howlong = '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
+		else
+			$howlong = datetime_convert(date_default_timezone_get(),'UTC',$howlong);
+ 
 		// linkify the relationship target if applicable
 
 		$withchanged = false;
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 			`country-name` = '%s',
 			`marital` = '%s',
 			`with` = '%s',
+			`howlong` = '%s',
 			`sexual` = '%s',
 			`homepage` = '%s',
 			`politic` = '%s',
@@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 			dbesc($country_name),
 			dbesc($marital),
 			dbesc($with),
+			dbesc($howlong),
 			dbesc($sexual),
 			dbesc($homepage),
 			dbesc($politic),
@@ -558,6 +566,7 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 			'$lbl_marital' => t('<span class="heart">&hearts;</span> Marital Status:'),
 			'$lbl_with' => t("Who: \x28if applicable\x29"),
 			'$lbl_ex1' => t('Examples: cathy123, Cathy Williams, cathy@example.com'),
+			'$lbl_howlong' => t('Since [date]:'),
 			'$lbl_sexual' => t('Sexual Preference:'),
 			'$lbl_homepage' => t('Homepage URL:'),
 			'$lbl_politic' => t('Political Views:'),
@@ -595,6 +604,7 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 			'$gender' => gender_selector($r[0]['gender']),
 			'$marital' => marital_selector($r[0]['marital']),
 			'$with' => strip_tags($r[0]['with']),
+			'$howlong' => ($r[0]['howlong'] === '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ? '' : datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$r[0]['howlong'])),
 			'$sexual' => sexpref_selector($r[0]['sexual']),
 			'$about' => $r[0]['about'],
 			'$homepage' => $r[0]['homepage'],
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index f94b89fd3..3ac9d1721 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1145 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1146 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -1259,3 +1259,12 @@ function update_1144() {
 		return UPDATE_FAILED ;
 	return UPDATE_SUCCESS ;
 }
+
+function update_1145() {
+	$r = q("alter table profile add howlong datetime not null default '0000-00-00 00:00:00' after `with`");
+	if(! $r)
+		return UPDATE_FAILED ;
+	return UPDATE_SUCCESS ;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/view/profile_advanced.tpl b/view/profile_advanced.tpl
index 470404fc3..30d41fe41 100644
--- a/view/profile_advanced.tpl
+++ b/view/profile_advanced.tpl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 {{ if $profile.marital }}
 <dl id="aprofile-marital" class="aprofile">
  <dt><span class="heart">&hearts;</span>  $profile.marital.0</dt>
- <dd>$profile.marital.1  {{ if $profile.marital.with }}($profile.marital.with){{ endif }}</dd>
+ <dd>$profile.marital.1{{ if $profile.marital.with }} ($profile.marital.with){{ endif }}{{ if $profile.howlong }} $profile.howlong{{ endif }}</dd>
 </dl>
 {{ endif }}
 
diff --git a/view/profile_edit.tpl b/view/profile_edit.tpl
index 2139fcf13..077fb0aaa 100644
--- a/view/profile_edit.tpl
+++ b/view/profile_edit.tpl
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ $marital
 </div>
 <label id="profile-edit-with-label" for="profile-edit-with" > $lbl_with </label>
 <input type="text" size="32" name="with" id="profile-edit-with" title="$lbl_ex1" value="$with" />
+<label id="profile-edit-howlong-label" for="profile-edit-howlong" > $lbl_howlong </label>
+<input type="text" size="32" name="howlong" id="profile-edit-howlong" title="$lbl_howlong" value="$howlong" />
+
 <div id="profile-edit-marital-end"></div>
 
 <div id="profile-edit-sexual-wrapper" >