When we talk about mind reading, it quickly conjures up images of quacks who claim to have paranormal powers. But even without a crystal ball and voodoo-like practices, people think they can read each other's thoughts. In fact, we all do that in our relationships. It's called "empathic accuracy," an everyday form of mind-reading that…

Admittedly, it can be quite stressful to keep your relationship on track. As soon as the feelings of falling in love diminish and 'loving' becomes apparent, it takes more and more effort to keep the relationship exciting and challenging. But it's not just stress from the relationship itself that causes problems, stress from the outside…

The structure of a monogamous male-female relationship dominates the contemporary idea of ​​romance . A man and woman bump into each other, fall in love and start a relationship. If things go well, they will move in together and have children. For most people, this is the ideal image of a love relationship. But what if we…

It is one of the most difficult decisions we make in our lives: to break up or to stay. Anyone who has had to make the difficult choice knows how difficult it is to make the decision. Making a final decision about something that is such a big part of your life is not easy…

Discussions happen in every relationship. Sometimes they are trivial disagreements, other times they are heated conflicts. No matter how happy you are with each other: it is inevitable. And before you start thinking that your relationship is bad, it's good to realize that all happy couples fight too. In fact, couples who do this are more likely…

In our hasty society we often forget to take the time for love. We work, eat and sleep – and we do it with full dedication. But in the meantime, we usually don't treat our partners with that same dedication. Taking the time to plan a special date can help both you and your partner…

Did you think women had a harder time in a downhill relationship? Then think about it again, because according to a new study, that appears not to be the case. Men, not women, tend to experience more emotional pain when their relationships deteriorate or break up. In contrast to traditional gender differences, men also appear…

At a certain point you realize: you were blinded by love. You thought your new lover was a sweetheart, but it turned out to be a meanie. You were convinced you had met someone responsible until you found out the bills weren't being paid. And you thought that your partner took good care of himself, but that…

Relationships are complicated. What love means to you and how much you value it is not the value that others place on it. And the same applies to relationships. But what makes relationships even more complicated? A massive outbreak of a zombie plague. If there's one thing we've learned from The Walking Dead , it's that there's…

People are bad at detecting lies. For example, research shows that people can only detect a lie 54% of the time – a percentage that hardly differs from a guess between heads or tails. While lying is a human behavior that everyone is guilty of, we are all pretty bad lie detectors. Lying is difficult to distinguish…