Category: DATING

A toxic relationship is characterized by dysfunctional behaviors that meddle with your health and well-being. According to licensed therapist Stephanie Wijkstrom, characteristics of toxic relationships include invalidation, guilt, gaslighting, name-calling and using anger and forgiveness to control outcomes or a partner’s behavior.

Breakups suck. Nearly everyone goes through at least one in their lifetime, and many of us go through many more. This means at any given moment, someone in the world is talking to a close friend through post-breakup sadness.

Feelings of distrust or insecurity—even with your closest friends—are common signs of abandonment issues, which can stem from childhood. You might not even realize or remember exactly why these feelings arise, but there is a way to try and work through them.

We’ve all heard stories or seen movies of couples who went from a loving relationship to a break-up when one moved away for work or school. But are long-distance relationships doomed to fail? Absolutely not. The key is knowing how to stay emotionally connected in a long-distance relationship.

The best way to define entanglement is by calling it an unhealthy, codependent relationship that never evolves into a fuller commitment.

As humans, we start forming an opinion about someone within the first seven seconds of encountering them—and sometimes it’s even less than that. There is an art to making a good first impression; the goal is to make a personal connection in those first few crucial seconds.

Caring for someone is such a big part of a romantic relationship that it can be hard to disentangle your feelings for the person from your emotions about their role in your life. Just because someone’s your ex doesn’t mean they immediately feel like your ex.

Whether it’s new relationship anxiety or anxiety about an existing relationship, understanding the phenomenon can help you identify whether you’re suffering from relationship anxiety and what to do about it.

Long-distance relationships are becoming more common each year. Decades ago, many people wouldn’t have been able to fathom the thought of dating someone who lived hundreds of miles away. But thanks to the rise of technology and the ubiquity of video chatting services like FaceTime…

Trying to glean meaning from emojis is a lot like dream interpretation or astrology—an imprecise exercise, at best. But if a woman you’re seeing romantically regularly uses some of these popular emojis, it’s probably safe to infer the following meanings.

As beautiful as long-term romantic relationships can be at their best, they’re not always perfect. Sadly, it’s pretty much impossible to be with someone for a long period of time without getting into a big fight at some point.

Sometimes, someone you’re close to can be toxic, undermining your self-esteem and well-being. If you wonder how to detach from someone like that, you’re not alone.

Without being near each other, it’s difficult to feel a relationship’s pulse. How can you tell when things are actually over? Here’s when to let go of a long-distance relationship.