Here’s when you should discuss mental health with your partner, according to relationships experts

Ron Batzdorff/NBC It’s never easy disclosing information about your mental health to someone, but you should try to help your partner understand it. There’s no exact time you should start the discussion, but there are some signs you’re on the right path.  If you trust them, they seem open about mental illness, and you see […]

Apps like Tinder and Bumble can open up relationships all over the world — but a surprising number of successful matches live just down the block

Jacob Bøtter/Flickr Dating apps are increasingly connecting people who live or work close by, have the same commute, or went to college together. Sometimes dating apps can speed up a relationship that might have unfolded, albeit platonically, in real life. Most dating app users opt to see potential matches who live within a few miles […]

Relationship Anxiety: The Reason Why You Have Unhappy Relationships

Relationship anxiety is probably something you’re already struggling with but you don’t know much about it. It is a type of anxiety that gets in the way of having a healthy and fulfilling bond with another person. If you suffer from relationship anxiety, it’s important to become aware of it. Without self-awareness, you will fail […]

Relationships & Care Trump Combat Proficiency In RPG Long Gone Days

Long Gone Days is an RPG about military combat, to be sure, but someone’s abilities in a fight aren’t just created and used in a vacuum. The developers wish for players to bond with their fellow combatants and fighting civilians, helping keep up friendships, relationships, and morale if they have any hope of surviving against […]

The way you use social media could reveal your attachment style in romantic relationships

klublu/Shutterstock.com There are different types of attachment styles in relationships. People in healthy relationships have secure attachment styles, whereas others are avoidant or anxious. The way we use social media could reveal how we attach to other people, according to some research. Anxiously attached people are more likely to post about their relatonships, because they […]

12 hard truths about relationships no one wants to believe

John Hope/Flickr It’s easy to believe that your relationship is different from everyone else’s. It’s probably not. Relationships take effort to maintain, and you won’t always be happy with your partner. Even if you love each other, if you have fundamentally different values, a breakup may be the best option. Everyone knows relationships are hard, […]

‘Opposites attract’ is a total myth in relationships — here’s why you’re likely to seek a partner who’s just like you

Richard Cartwright/CBS The idea that “opposites attract” in relationships is a myth. In reality, people tend to be attracted to those who are similar to themselves, as dozens of studies have shown. This could be because personality contrasts tend to stand out and become bigger over time. (THE CONVERSATION) Everyone seems to agree that opposites […]

The way you sound on the phone could be affecting your relationships

Ludmila Savelieva/Flickr/Attribution License According to studies, humans are capable of detecting subtle emotional nuances through the sound of someone’s voice alone.  We usually try to identify the feelings of others through facial expressions and eye contact, but a new study has found that our sense of hearing may be even stronger than our sight. This is an […]

Ex-U.S. athlete tells Speed Skating Canada of head coach's alleged sexual relationships with skaters

A former U.S. speed skater says she reported allegations to Speed Skating Canada in November that head coach Michael Crowe had sexual relationships with several of his athletes when he coached elite skaters south of the border in the 1990s and early 2000s. A second U.S. speed skater has come forward to CBC News alleging she […]