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

Boundaries help you protect your own energy while giving your partner a better idea of your needs. Here are examples of boundaries you can set.

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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 ...

Protect the time. Life is busy, and small rituals are often the first to get cut. Decide together that even on rushed days, ...

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

There’s a moment in a relationship when you realize love isn’t enough. It might hit in the middle of an argument—when you’re saying one thing and your partner is hearing something else entirely. Or ...

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, ...

Wendy Bianchini, a therapist in Bozeman, Mont., said “Secure Love” helped her clients make sense of their attachment patterns ...

"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 ...

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 ...