Meeting a Partner Through Friends, Family or a Chance Encounter Used to Be the Norm, but Stanford’s Own Research Shows That Path Has Nearly Disappeared
In 1995, roughly 2% of American couples said they met online. By 2017, that figure had…
That Sudden Ick That Makes You Lose Attraction Overnight Might Not Be Random, and Researchers Say It Could Reveal More About You than the Person You Rejected
Sixty-four percent of people say they’ve experienced “the ick,” that sudden, visceral loss of attraction over…
Couples Who Rush to the Altar Get Warned They Are Moving Too Fast, but Data on Engagement Length Tells a More Complicated Story than That Warning Suggests
Couples who dated for three or more years before getting engaged had roughly half the divorce…
Losing Touch with Old Friends Feels Like a Personal Failure to Most Adults, but Researchers Say It Is Actually One of the Most Normal Parts of Growing Up
Friendship networks shrink by roughly 0.08 people per year across adulthood, according to a large-scale meta-analysis…
Couples Argue About Politics More than They Used to, but New Data Shows Money Disagreements Are Still the Ones Quietly Doing the Most Damage to a Relationship
Seventy-three percent of Americans say financial disagreements do more damage to a relationship than political disagreements,…
Couples Fear Cheating More than Almost Anything Else in a Relationship, but New Research Shows Hiding Money from a Partner Can Feel Just as Devastating as an Affair
More than two in five U.S. adults — 43 percent — believe that keeping financial secrets…
Singles Say They Want Chemistry and Connection Above All Else, yet New Data Shows One Financial Red Flag Can End a Relationship Faster than Almost Anything Else
Eighty-six percent of Americans name at least one financial factor as an outright dating dealbreaker, according…
People Say They Want an Emotionally Mature Partner More than Almost Anything Else, but Few Can Actually Define What That Looks Like in Practice
A 2025 study of more than 200 university students found that emotional maturity alone accounted for…
Employees Juggling Aging Parents and Young Kids Are Expected to Perform Like Everyone Else at Work, but New Data Shows Most Are Quietly Hiding How Much They Are Actually Carrying
Sixty-six percent of employees juggling care for both kids and aging parents say they’ve concealed the…
Dating Apps Were Supposed to Make Finding a Partner Cheaper and Easier, but New Data Shows Some Are Now Charging Users Hundreds of Dollars a Month for Love
Dating apps are now charging some users as much as $600 a month for premium matchmaking…