“A relationship can have been meaningful, formative, and deeply real, and also short-lived,” says Pataky. Yet there are ...

If you are in (or even want to be in) a long-term relationship, I think it’s probably safe to assume you’d ideally like it to be a happy one. But as anyone who has ever been in a relationship knows, ...

It starts quietly. A sigh. A brush-off. The steady retreat into parallel lives. Many people in long-term relationships begin to accept a version of partnership that feels more like duty than delight.

When we think about someone as a potential partner, we focus a lot on what their personality is like. Do they have the same sense of humor we do? How do they handle a crisis? What is their love ...

Early-stage relationship intensity is fueled by dopamine, not attachment security. This reward-based activation creates ...

“Birds of a feather flock together,” the popular adage goes. It suggests people in a relationship who are similar to each other personality-wise are likely to be happier and stick together, while ...

The most stable relationships are not the ones without struggles, but those that have reliable ways for mending and reconnecting. These rituals are exactly the tools that serve that function. As the ...

(CNN) — Nearly every day I meet couples in long-term relationships who lament about missing the early days of great sex — when they couldn’t keep their hands off each other, when sex was new and ...

In an interview with Cosmopolitan, the 28-year-old actress reflected on the relationship that lasted most of her twenties.