There are many reasons partners fear commitment. Overcoming relational reluctance requires understanding and patience.

Common ways people break up with someone they're dating. They’re all saying buh-bye the same way. A recent study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences shared strategies ...

Breaking up is never easy, but ending a relationship doesn’t have to involve cruelty, dishonesty, or emotional devastation for either person involved. While some pain is inevitable when relationships ...

People end intimate relationships for countless reasons, and a new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences sheds light on how this is done. The researchers identified ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When your friend’s heart is broken, you might struggle to offer words of support. What can you say to help ...

Few things are as painful as being blindsided by a breakup, or even delivering the news that you want to break up with someone with whom you have been in an intimate relationship. The pain is ...

Breaking up with someone because they aren’t the right person for you is heartbreaking. What can be harder, even, is feeling like it's time to end things, but questioning whether it's the right thing ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. If you can’t find the words to tell your significant other it’s over, it’s not you—it’s the fact that not ...