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Photo: Peter Dazeley / Getty Images 3 Problems With Chasing ‘Happily Ever After’ (and What You Should Do Instead)
“Ultimately, that ‘happily ever after’ story is just a feeling people are chasing.”
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Photo: Larry Washburn / Getty Images I Thought My Breakups Meant I Was Hard to Love, Then I Learned This
You couldn’t pay me to go back to my 20s.
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Photo: Curly_photo / Getty Images You’re Not Heartbroken, You’re Traumatized (and 3 Steps to Heal)
Often, we confuse the act of getting over someone with the ability to heal from all the trauma they caused us.
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Photo: Ippei Naoi / Getty Images You Didn’t Fall Out of Love, You’re Just Not Following the 7-7-7 Rule
Rules aren’t romantic, but they are helpful.
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Photo: Irina Kashaeva / Getty Images Americans Say Opposites Attract, and Their Dating Spirit Animals Prove It
Golden retriever / black cat is out, golden retriever / bear is in.
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Photo: Delmaine Donson / Getty Images Before You Break Up, Read This: 4 Ways to Save a Failing Relationship
Note: This does not pertain to toxic or abusive relationships.
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Photo: designer491 / Getty Images Why Ending a Situationship Hurts So Much More Than a Long-Term Breakup
It’s not just you, there’s science behind situationships sucking.
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Deagreez/Getty Images 4 Things Your Partner Secretly Wants in Bed, But Won’t Ask For
Better sex usually starts with less guessing, a lot more honesty, and finally saying the quiet part out loud.
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Olga Rolenko/Getty Images The ‘Luddite Boyfriend’ Is Being Called the New Dating Green Flag. But Should It Be?
He’s not anti-technology, necessarily. He’s just not making you compete with his Instagram feed for eye contact.
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Connect Images/Sporrer/Rupp/Getty Images Meet the ‘Sunday Boy,’ the Guy Who Texts Just Enough to Waste Your Time
He shows up every Sunday night with charm, banter, and fake momentum, then disappears before anything real can happen.
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Maria Korneeva/Getty Images I Think ‘Parallel Play’ Is the Secret to My Happy Relationship
Parallel play started as a childhood concept, but it can help adults feel close without smothering each other.