Science says couples who meet online are less happy

25/08/2025 12 min
Science says couples who meet online are less happy

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How did you meet your partner? If your answer is "online", sorry to be the bearer of bad news - but research says you're probably less happy than your mates who met their match in the real world. A cross-cultural study compared relationship satisfaction, intimacy, passion, and commitment. On all four measures, people who met online scored lower.