According to previous research on online dating app practices, there are two groups of users. Some are seeking casual sex, while others are seeking a committed relationship, as an imposed normative framework suggests. Intimate Relationships in Online-Mediated Cultures Sociologists have … Continue reading
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A New Study on the Importance of Affectionate Touch in Romantic Love
Touch is an important way people communicate love and intimacy in romantic relationships. Affectionate touch, such as hugging, stroking, and kissing, is common worldwide. Romantic partners across many cultures frequently use affectionate touch to express their love for a romantic … Continue reading
How Affectionate Touch Influences Our Romantic Relationships
Men and women express their love for a partner in a relationship in a variety of verbal and nonverbal ways. Affectionate touch of various kinds is among the important nonverbal channels for lovers to express love in the intimate relationships. … Continue reading
How You Feel You Are Loved
How do you feel you are loved? Do you? Professor Mengya Xia and her colleagues from the University of Alabama recently conducted an interesting exploratory study on the core elements of love across family, romantic, and friend relationships. This research … Continue reading
No Time for Love and Compassion? Really?
We used to talk about big love and true love, yet we frequently forget that situational, compassionate, and caring love is also love, something like “small love” or a small action of love. This kind of love seems to be … Continue reading
Our Posture Shapes Interpersonal Feelings
We are wondering how our body posture expresses and affects our feelings towards other people. Many studies show that our body language, facial expressions, and posture say more about how we feel than what we say (Karandashev, 2021). Both what … Continue reading
Religious Kindness Leads to More Giving
Love is one of the most valuable human attitudes and emotions. It is present in all religious teaching across many religions. Religious Teachings of Love God encourages people to love and be kind to others. Here are, for example, some … Continue reading
How to Avoid Date Night Boredom and Passion Decline
The article describes how a date night, and a romantic relationship can become boring and what partners can do to make them more passionate. Many love scholars consider passion to be a key feature of romantic love and the beginning … Continue reading
Interpersonal Attraction over Minimal Similarities
It is widely known in psychology that similarities attract individuals in interpersonal relationships and love. We feel attracted to others with whom we share similar personality traits, interests, values, and other personal attributes. even minimal similarities, if they are essential, … Continue reading
Take Notice of Your Partner’s Being Grateful to You
Gratitude is the best attitude. Love and happiness are closely associated with being grateful. On the other hand, it is so great when your partner notices your being grateful. Please recall the last time you were thankful for someone. This … Continue reading