portraits of digital intimacyHow a Lockdown Love Story Evolved Entirely Online Through rap battles over voice notes and shared movie-watching, Sharan and Tanvi marked the milestones in their digital relationship. By The Swaddle Team
The Choice AwaitsWoe Is Me! “My Boyfriend Asks Me to Choose Him Over My Friends!” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Find Me A Suitable ManWoe Is Me! “Why Do Men I Meet Never Want to Date Me?” A weekly column in which the team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Just One For MeWoe Is Me! “Should I Break up With Someone Because They Don’t Want Monogamy?” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Sitting By The PhoneWoe Is Me! “What Do I Do About A Never‑Ending Long Distance Relationship?” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Make An EffortWoe Is Me! “I Can’t Stand My Best Friend’s New Boyfriend” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you’ll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Not NowAmid Quarantine, Exes Have Begun Panic‑Sliding Into DMs It seems flattering, but all people want is security in the face of a shaky future, a psychologist explains. By Aditi Murti
Sure WhateverWhy Some People Shy Away From Confrontation People who are averse to confrontation tend to value harmony over directness and honesty. By Rajvi Desai
Love Is A ScamThe Psychology of Catfishing It's all exhilarating escapism until someone asks for a video call. By Aditi Murti
Long Time No SeeIt’s Okay: to Be Bad at Keeping in Touch There's a limit to how many relationships we can keep going at any given time. By Liesl Goecker
Three's Not InterestedCouples Looking for Bisexual Girlfriends — aka Unicorn Hunters — Often Commodify Queer Women On dating apps, couples looking for female, queer, poly partners often set requirements that veer more towards sexual servitude than healthy relationships. By Aditi Murti
My Money ValentineWhy Do People Lie About Money in Marriages? A Couples Therapist Weighs In "Financial infidelity is a lot like sexual infidelity, in the sense that both include lies, deceit, and secrets." By Priyanka Varma
Surprise SurpriseWhat Drives Human Behavior? Global Survey Says It’s Not Sex Across 27 countries, people care more about family relationships than mating. By Liesl Goecker
Same Same But DifferentAre We Attracted to People Who Look Like Our Parents? We look for similarities between our parents and partners because it gives us a comfortable sense of familiarity, researchers say. By Anubhuti Matta
Fear Of The UnknownIs Commitment Phobia Real or Just the Plot of Every RomCom? A bad past or troubled childhood can cause anxiety that prevents people from promising to be or staying in long relationships. By Anubhuti Matta
Terms of EndearmentThe Psychology Behind Romantic Pet Names and Baby Talk It's Freudian, pumpkin. By Pallavi Prasad
Seeking ArrangementsSugar Baby‑Daddy Relationships Are More Complex Than An Exchange of Sex and Gifts A U.S.-based sociologist found "sugar" relationships are more than just starved college students and lonely men trying to use each other. By Rajvi Desai
We Are OneThis Is My Family: the Woman Who Remarried but Lives With Her Late Husband’s Parents "They lost their son. We had lost our parents. The best idea was to stay together as one, small happy family." By Anubhuti Matta
