Relationship psychology, explained.
Attachment, conflict, compatibility and whatever dating has decided to call itself this year — written from the research, reviewed by Norman Rehman, and cited so you can check.
12 articles · 54 sources
- 6 April 20262 min
Why You Keep Attracting the Wrong Person (It’s Not Bad Luck)
Repeating the same relationship with different people is not bad luck. Why your brain prefers familiarity over compatibility.
- 1 March 20263 min
Ghostlighting: When They Disappear… and Then Make You Feel Crazy for Noticing
Ghosting plus gaslighting. Why ghostlighting is so disorienting, what cognitive dissonance has to do with it, and how to recognise it early.
- 13 February 20263 min
Why Dating for the Story Matters: The Rise of Love-Loreing in 2026
How did you meet now matters more than what do they do. The psychology behind dating for the story, and where the plot starts costing you.
- 4 February 20263 min
Why 2026 Is the New 2016: The Psychology of Nostalgia in Modern Love
Why dating in 2026 feels like longing for 2016. The psychology of nostalgia, the rosy view bias, and what you are actually missing.
- 4 February 20263 min
ChemRIZZtry: Why You’re Suddenly Attracted to People Who Aren’t “Your Type”
Why you are suddenly attracted to people who are not your type. Familiarity, mirroring and nervous-system safety in modern dating.
- 5 September 20253 min
Personality and Compatibility: Can the Big Five Predict Relationship Success?
Can the Big Five predict whether a relationship lasts? What the research says about agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism in couples.
- 20 August 20253 min
Attachment Styles in the Digital Age: How Technology Shapes Love and Connection
How anxious and avoidant attachment styles play out over read receipts, dating apps and phubbing — and how to text smarter.
- 22 April 20253 min
5 Scientific Reasons Couples Break Up
Five findings from relationship research on why couples break up: communication breakdown, mismatched values, distance, commitment and infidelity.
- 25 March 20254 min
5 Signs You’re in an Unhealthy Relationship (And No, It's Not Just About Who Forgot to Text Back)
Five patterns that predict a relationship going wrong — score-keeping, eggshells, contempt — and how to tell them from an ordinary rough patch.
- 7 March 20254 min
How to Manage Conflict in Relationships (Without Turning It Into a Reality Show!)
Conflict is not the problem in a relationship — how you handle it is. Research-backed ways to argue well, and when to bring in help.
- 7 March 20254 min
5 Signs You’re in a Healthy Relationship (And Not Just in a Netflix Rom-Com)
Five research-backed signs of a healthy relationship: open communication, productive arguing, mutual respect, independence and shared plans.
- 27 January 20254 min
The Psychology of Attraction: What Really Draws Us to Others?
Symmetry, similarity, scent and proximity — what psychology research actually says about why we are drawn to some people and not others.