You meet this person; they’re super funny and amazing. They make you feel good about yourself and make you feel like no one has ever made you feel before. They’re courteous and chivalrous and ...

As a foster parent, I am surprised by how often I hear the objection, “I would get too attached.” If you’ve thought this, let me suggest that you might make the ideal foster parent. Seriously.

All it took was a left-behind toothbrush to completely undo Rachel Hillestad. Even though the child that she was fostering had only been with her family for two and a half weeks, she found herself ...

Everyone wants to skip ahead to the part of a relationship where they’re settled into a nice routine with a partner, comfortable, familiar, and blissfully attached. You know those couples who have ...

You’ve been out with him three times now, and things are going really well! You’re ready to take it to the next level, and you’re thinking about all the fun things the two of you will do together in ...

If our primary caregiver is consistently responsive to our needs, we develop a secure attachment style. If our caregiver is inconsistent, absent or aloof we may develop insecure attachments. These are ...

It's easy to see why a no-strings arrangement is appealing to many and why studies show that "friends with benefits" relationships have grown in popularity since the 1980s. They're rampant in pop ...

Casual dating is often referred to as a "friend with benefits" or "no strings attached" relationship, but what happens when you start falling in love with the other person? When you're in a casual ...

You want that connection. And when expectations have already come into play, you might let yourself get attached too quickly. More often than not, that will be your instinct, so you have to actively ...