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Latest Dating & Engaged · July 21, 2026

What Wedding Planning Actually Tells You About Your Marriage

Almost every engaged couple is told some version of the same thing: don’t let wedding planning stress on relationships get to you, it’s just one day, the marriage…

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Dating dealbreakers: two people holding mugs across a table on a first date
Dating & Engaged July 20, 2026

Dating Dealbreakers: Why Your List Is Scoring the Wrong Things

Your dating dealbreakers are almost certainly measuring the wrong things — and there is a large, unglamorous body…

green flags dating
Dating & Engaged July 17, 2026

Green Flags in Dating: What a Healthy Relationship Actually Looks Like

We spend so much energy scanning for red flags that most of us never learned to recognize the…

future faking hero
Dating & Engaged July 16, 2026

Future Faking: When Someone Sells You a Future They Won’t Build

Future faking is when someone paints a vivid, intoxicating picture of the life you’ll build together — the…

cold feet before the wedding
Dating & Engaged July 9, 2026

Cold Feet Before the Wedding: When Doubt Is Data, Not Just Nerves

Cold feet before the wedding gets treated like a rite of passage — the shaky-hands, can’t-eat-breakfast panic that…

love bombing
Dating & Engaged July 5, 2026

Love Bombing: How to Tell Intense Romance From a Manipulation Tactic

Love bombing is a wave of over-the-top affection early in dating used to gain control. Here is how…

beige flags
Dating & Engaged July 5, 2026

Beige Flags: The Dating Trend That Is Neither a Red Flag Nor a Green One

Beige flags are the quirky, boring, or oddly specific traits that make a date neither a dealbreaker nor…

situationship
Dating & Engaged July 5, 2026

Situationship: The Signs You’re in One and How to Get Out (or Make It Official)

A situationship is a romantic relationship with no label or defined future. About half of Americans 18-34 have…

sliding vs deciding hero
Dating & Engaged June 29, 2026

Sliding vs Deciding: How Couples End Up Married Without Ever Choosing It

Most couples can name the day they got engaged, but very few can name the day they decided…

A couple holding hands on a date, the kind of slow-building connection the spark myth overlooks
Dating & Engaged June 23, 2026

The Spark Myth: Why “No Chemistry” on a First Date Isn’t the Dealbreaker You Think

The spark myth says to trust instant chemistry on a first date. Here’s what attraction research actually shows—and…

A couple dating after divorce with kids
Dating & Engaged June 18, 2026

Dating After Divorce With Kids: How to Date Without Destabilizing Them

Dating after divorce with kids is a particular kind of balancing act — one most advice ignores because…

A couple showing an engagement ring, on questions to ask before getting engaged
Dating & Engaged June 11, 2026

Questions to Ask Before Getting Engaged: The Conversations Couples Skip

The questions to ask before getting engaged are almost never the ones couples actually ask. We interrogate the…

A couple walking holding hands, on attachment styles in dating
Dating & Engaged June 7, 2026

Attachment Styles in Dating: The Anxious–Avoidant Trap

Attachment styles in dating explain something that can feel almost supernatural: why you keep ending up in the…

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