Mercury retrograde can be hell on relationships — here’s how to avoid destroying yours

Mercury retrograde can be hell on relationships — here’s how to avoid destroying yours

The final Mercury retrograde of 2024 is upon us, folks. As a personal planet, Mercury — which governs communication, currency, and exchange — has a direct bearing on our daily lives and intimate relationships. As the fastest moving planet in our solar system, Mercury goes retrograde three to four times a year. The final Mercury retrograde of the … Read more

Do dating app users have relationships that are just as strong as those who meet in person? Study yields surprise findings

Do dating app users have relationships that are just as strong as those who meet in person? Study yields surprise findings

Meeting on a dating app isn’t a dilemma. A study published in the journal Social Sciences has determined that those who match on dating apps can have romances that are just as strong as those who meet in person. Researchers surveyed 233 college students about their relationship experiences to determine if how couples meet impacts the quality … Read more

Couples are turning to kinky sex to save their relationships: survey

Couples are turning to kinky sex to save their relationships: survey

Is there a kink in your relationship? You’re not alone. Couples are exploring kinky sex in a bid to salvage their relationships, according to a new survey. In a new 2024 State of Intimacy Report from Arya, a personalized erotic concierge site for partners, 35% of its users revealed they want to explore kink. Missionary … Read more

What rom-coms teach us about real-life relationships: psych study

What rom-coms teach us about real-life relationships: psych study

Here’s how to write your own blockbuster romance. Psychologists revealed some of the biggest takeaways people can learn about their love life from romantic comedies. Eli Finkel, a Northwestern University psychologist and author of “The All-or-Nothing Marriage,” and Paul Eastwick, a social psychologist at the University of California in Davis, who focuses on attraction and close relationships, … Read more

3 common sex moves that ruin relationships, according to experts

3 common sex moves that ruin relationships, according to experts

Sexy, can I? Sex is an important but sometimes complicated part of romantic relationships. And from not having much of it to ditching condoms when they do, it’s something Gen Z in particular seems to be struggling with. Sex is an important but sometimes complicated part of romantic relationships. NDABCREATIVITY – stock.adobe.com But several experts … Read more

Winona Ryder’s ‘Beetlejuice’ role reminds her of past ‘disastrous relationships’: ‘What the f–k?’

Winona Ryder’s ‘Beetlejuice’ role reminds her of past ‘disastrous relationships’: ‘What the f–k?’

Blast from the past. Winona Ryder told Harper’s Bazaar that reprising her “Beetlejuice” character, Lydia Deetz, for the upcoming sequel brought up memories of her younger self and the lows in her love life. “In my 30s, I had two disastrous relationships that were — they weren’t wrong, but this was before you would ever … Read more

Report warns of dangers of social media bubbles, false relationships

Report warns of dangers of social media bubbles, false relationships

(The Center Square) – When someone can watch only the television they like, listen only to the music they like and talk about the political issues only they agree with, a new study says there is less of a reason for someone to do anything else. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is out with … Read more

Influencer makes grave threat to men in relationships who like her bikini photos: ‘I am not one to play’

Influencer makes grave threat to men in relationships who like her bikini photos: ‘I am not one to play’

A woman went viral for telling her male followers she will expose them to their girlfriends if they like her bikini photos. Source link #Influencer #grave #threat #men #relationships #bikini #photos #play

I’m a sex and relationships expert, here’s why I went celibate: Jana Hocking

I’m a sex and relationships expert, here’s why I went celibate: Jana Hocking

Here’s a sentence I never thought I would be saying … celibacy is so hot right now. I kid you not, TikTok, the oracle of all upcoming trends, has called it. Celibacy is in and sex is out. So cross your legs, ladies! Zip up your pants, gents! fizkes – stock.adobe.com Because you know a trend … Read more

The ‘3-month dating rule’ is real — here are the reasons why so many relationships only last that long

The ‘3-month dating rule’ is real — here are the reasons why so many relationships only last that long

Good things come — and go — in threes. If you’ve found yourself on the failing end of more than one promising relationship after 90 days of whirlwind romance, you’re not alone — and experts say there’s a perfectly good explanation as to why things tend to fizzle for so many, around this time. The so-called curse … Read more

Here’s what’s actually making parent-child relationships worse — and it’s not our phones

Here’s what’s actually making parent-child relationships worse — and it’s not our phones

It’s time to stop blaming our phones.  Screen time isn’t making child-parent relationships worse, say researchers. In fact, it’s just distractions in general.  Researchers in Switzerland analyzed what they refer to as “technoference” — that is, interference caused by digital devices — to learn whether distractions from sources other than phones were actually just as … Read more

Virtual reality porn is ‘highly addictive’ and ‘ruining relationships’ as lines blur, experts say

Virtual reality porn is ‘highly addictive’ and ‘ruining relationships’ as lines blur, experts say

A new breed of interactive porn has emerged that is “ruining relationships everywhere”, experts are warning. Virtual reality porn, a realistic alternative to sex created using advancements in AI, is booming in popularity. According to IPSOS, around half of Aussie adults have used VR technology in some form with the industry expecting the number of … Read more

Jennifer Lopez got honest about past abusive relationships before ex Diddy’s home raids

Jennifer Lopez got honest about past abusive relationships before ex Diddy’s home raids

Love don’t cost a thing.  In the wake of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes being raided on Monday, his old relationship with Jennifer Lopez is back in the spotlight.  Combs, 54, and Lopez, 54, dated for two years, from 1999 to 2001. Lopez once revealed how Combs was the first man to cheat on her, telling … Read more

You’re not in love with your co-worker — you just have ‘office goggles’, says relationships pro

You’re not in love with your co-worker — you just have ‘office goggles’, says relationships pro

There must be something in the water cooler. Crushing on your colleague can be a many splendid thing.  The dopamine rush that spikes when you bump into one another at the copy machine. The flirty glances you exchange while the boss holds yet another meeting that could have been an email.  Dating pro warns flirty … Read more

4 out of 5 people in relationships admit their partner keeps them up at night

4 out of 5 people in relationships admit their partner keeps them up at night

A third of Americans look forward to nights their partner isn’t home — because they get the bed to themselves, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans who live with a partner found 36% appreciate when either they or their partner isn’t at home, as they don’t have to share a bed. Maybe … Read more

Undercover video captures how real-life models lure victims into fake relationships and steal their money in ‘pig butchering’ scams

Undercover video captures how real-life models lure victims into fake relationships and steal their money in ‘pig butchering’ scams

Incredible undercover video has revealed the inner workings of a “pig butchering” scam operation, where real-life models are recruited to lure unsuspecting victims. Jim Browning, a software engineer and YouTuber from Northern Ireland who makes videos tracking and identifying scammers, worked with an insider who infiltrated a scam operation based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, … Read more

Usher revealed what he learned from ‘being in toxic relationships’ days before his Las Vegas wedding

Usher revealed what he learned from ‘being in toxic relationships’ days before his Las Vegas wedding

Having gone straight from the Super Bowl stage to the altar four days ago, Usher is just starting the honeymoon phase of his new marriage to longtime love Jennifer Goicoechea. But even before saying those “I do’s” in Las Vegas right after rocking the halftime show at Allegiant Stadium — midway through the Kansas City … Read more

Jonathan Majors Had a History of Abuse in Relationships, Women Say

Jonathan Majors Had a History of Abuse in Relationships, Women Say

MS. DUNCAN AND MS. HOOPER’S RELATIONSHIPS with Mr. Majors briefly overlapped, though neither initially realized it. When Ms. Hooper and Mr. Majors began dating, she said that he quickly expressed deep love for her but also became controlling, dictating where she could go, who she could socialize with and how she could behave. She was … Read more

Gen Z is obsessed with dating ‘icks’ — but they could ruin future relationships, experts warn

Gen Z is obsessed with dating ‘icks’ — but they could ruin future relationships, experts warn

Momma’s boys, wearing no-show socks and practicing golf swings — albeit small, these “ick”-inducing behaviors could secure a one-way ticket to Splitsville. While single Gen Z women have flocked to TikTok to detail their many “icks” — that is to say, cringe-worthy traits that become an immediate, irreversible turn-off — experts are warning that ending relationships over such … Read more

New dating ‘phenomenon’ proves traditional relationships are over

New dating ‘phenomenon’ proves traditional relationships are over

Meet a man, get married, have a family. That’s the timeline women have historically been sold as the most successful pathway to a happy life. But despite that messaging being shoved down our throats at every conceivable opportunity, women have had enough. New data has revealed women are sick of the constant pressure to follow … Read more