Couples in open relationships have a mutual understanding that both people are allowed to date others — but the rules vary ...

How we communicate with others is integral to how satisfying and successful relationships with those others are. People in long-term romantic relationships know this to be the case, but research has ...

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Plenty of people are in relationships, but are those relationships happy ones? Psychologists have looked into that question, ...

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." When a life insurance agent or advisor takes on a new client, Humphrey Bogart's classic line from "Casablanca" might come to mind. You want ...

When partners are unhappy, they communicate this mostly indirectly. They don't just express unhappiness during arguments - they're meaner, sabotage their partners, and deliberately stir negative ...

Jealousy is a mix of emotions like suspicion and anger that can turn into destructive behavior if you don't learn to recognize and overcome it.

We have all heard the famous statement that "men are from Mars and women are Venus." While obviously that is a hilarious way to state how different both genders are from each other, one might say that ...

If you're in an interracial relationship, there can be additional concerns even with lots of love and care: cultural misunderstandings, family members who say hurtful things, disagreements over values ...