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Being Alone Isn't the Same as Being Lonely
Relationships: Things Nobody Wants to Admit

Being Alone Isn't the Same as Being Lonely

A study found young people's reported loneliness had no relationship to whether they were literally alone or surrounded by others. Choice, not solitude itself, was what mattered.

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14 Oct 20265 min read
Opposites Attract - Sometimes They Just Annoy Each Other
Relationships: Things Nobody Wants to Admit

Opposites Attract - Sometimes They Just Annoy Each Other

A study found 85.7% of people say they want an opposite partner, and then overwhelmingly choose someone similar to themselves instead.

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13 Oct 20264 min read
Communication Doesn't Solve Everything
Relationships: Things Nobody Wants to Admit

Communication Doesn't Solve Everything

John Gottman found 69% of relationship conflict is "perpetual" rooted in permanent differences that never actually resolve, no matter how well a couple communicates.

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9 Oct 20265 min read
When They Stop Fighting, That's the Warning Sign
Relationships: Things Nobody Wants to Admit

When They Stop Fighting, That's the Warning Sign

"We barely fight anymore" sounds like peace. Sometimes it's something else — and the research on what actually predicts a relationship ending might surprise you.

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4 Oct 20264 min read
Most Fights Never Get Solved. They Just Get Managed.
Relationships: Things Nobody Wants to Admit

Most Fights Never Get Solved. They Just Get Managed.

Two out of three fights you'll ever have were never going to be solved. Here's what to do with that instead.

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2 Oct 20264 min read
"Successful" Who Decided What Success Means?
Words We've Been Lied To About

"Successful" Who Decided What Success Means?

"Success" originally just meant "an outcome", good or bad. The promise that it will make you happy was added later, and the arrival fallacy explains why it rarely delivers.

connectionownershipStress
13 Sept 20263 min read

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