## Recent Articles ### Parenting Styles: A Follow-Up on Families and Love Lives We're keeping it close to home by examining the crucial role your family plays in your love life—particularly the parenting styles you were parented under. ### You're So Funny: The Role of Humor in Relationships We dive into the role of humor in relationships. It might be time to brush up on your best one-liners (if you're into that kind of thing). ### Valentine's Day: Strengthening Relationships or Worsening Wounds? Well, well. Funny seeing you here. And on Valentine's Day, no less. How serendipitous. ### The Terrible Reign of Rejection Today we face our fears—rejection. Read on for Relationship Science's take on romantic rejection, and what rejection can mean for different people. ### The Power Dynamics Behind Gift-Giving There's no better way to kick-off the holidays than to analyze the psychology of gift-giving — we break down what gifts mean for power dynamics. Spicy. ### Tis the Season… For Romantic Rituals We examine what rituals mean for romantic relationships. ### The Wax and Wane of Relationship Satisfaction Our take on the ups and downs of relationships (everyone's got 'em). ### The Real Spooky Science of Ghosting Our Relationship Science Team's take on the most frightening dating habit of all— ghosting. ### The Components of a Cheater Inspired by the recent Adam Levine scandal... we jump into what makes a person more or less likely to cheat. ### Non-monogamy: The Science Behind "The More The Merrier" We take a closer look at some of the research on the prevalence of consensual non-monogamy (CNM). ### Love Triangles, But... The Other Kind Nothing scratches the pre-teen rom-com itch quite like a love triangle. But what could be juicier than that? The Triangular Theory of Love, of course! ### Gottman's Four Horsemen We explore what Gottman's Four Horsemen have to do with your relationship. ### The Love Language Barrier We examine how much we can really look to love languages in a relationship. ### The Fallout of Breakups We take a look at why certain breakups sting more than others. ### High on Expectations The role of expectations in romantic relationships — what does the science say? ### Our Newest Hall-of-Fame Inductees Our newest question hall-of-fame inductees—best of the best, cream of the crop, forever in our hearts. Read on! ### The Role of Authenticity in Relationships Does authenticity matter in relationships? Yes. But why? (And how???) ### Questionnaire Hall of Fame: Our First Inductees We welcome our first Marriage Pact Questionnaire Hall of Fame (abbreviation ideas welcome) inductees. ### How Families Haunt Our Love Lives We take a look at just how much our families impact our dating lives. ### Why we *don’t* ask about hobbies Hobbies are an integral part of our lives. So why does the Marriage Pact largely ignore them?