If you're feeling unhappy in your relationship, you're not alone.
Many singletons dream of being settled and happy in a relationship, but as the old adage goes, be careful what you wish for.
While you're sitting feeling glum about being alone for this Christmas (in the romantic sense) don't fret too much as there could be many partners wishing they were in your position.
Spotted on The Huffington Post, behavioural economist Dan Ariely has advised anyone in a relationship pining for singledom to stop while they're ahead as it could be having a negative effect on your love life.
Dan says that idealising the single life and even lusting for someone else can doom your current relationship.
"When we’re in a relationship but continuously with one foot out and continuously thinking about how the outside world is more tempting and more interesting, it’s actually not a good recipe for investing in a relationship...
"It’s not a zero-sum game; [a relationship] gets better when you invest in it."
How interesting.
Perhaps this Christmas, it may be advisable to be grateful for what you do have rather than what you don't.
Worrying about your biological clock creeps up on you, and it’s a haunting feeling Time is a funny thing because it only feels like yesterday when I was walking home from school, discussing the latest episode of Skins, and worrying about who I should ask to my debs. Somehow, 15 years have passed since those […]
Many women felt insufficiently informed about the risks of induction A new study has found that two-thirds of women weren’t told of the risks of induction. Many admitted that they felt ‘uninformed’ when they were induced. The University of Limerick study analysed the experiences of 1,091 women, and found that 49.3% said they were not […]
It is common to feel fatigue and burnout, but how can we actually treat them? Diagnoses of burnout are at an all-time high while more than a third of adults report feeling fatigue most or all of the time. Science writer David Robson spoke to cultural historian and executive coach specialising in burnout, Anna Katharina […]
