To determine if someone is the right partner, assess their personality, character, and behavior. Consider if your life would be ideal with them or if there might be someone else who fits better. Give yourself room to date others without distraction, exploring possibilities beyond one person. Avoid obsessive behavior towards someone you've deemed 'the one' and keep your mind open to other potential matches. Take an active role in the relationship, seeking answers and being brave in pursuing what you want.
About 2/3rds of couples start off as friends according to recent research. But developing feelings for a friend isn't always a happily ever after situation. In today's episode we break down why it is that we fall in love with our friends, the principles of attraction such as the similarity liking effect and mere exposure effect, whether to say anything or keep it to yourself, managing the pain of rejection or social loss and your best tips for protecting the friendship and your own heart. Listen now!
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