romantic relationships

Today we’ll be talking about dating in the digital age and the new terms you may hear younger Americans using these days— ghosting, couple goals, soft launch, and the momentous “FBO” (that’s Facebook official, btw). How have mobile dating apps changed how hopeful singles engage with each other? Does social media put extra pressure on couples to put on the appearance of happiness? This is the research focus of Dr. Leah E. LeFebvre at the University of Alabama. She joins Lacey to discuss how technology and trends affect the dating landscape, for better OR for worse.

This week on StoryCorps, Tres and Helene Taylor tell the story of their unconventional romance, and the ways in which they healed each other’s heartbreak.

This week on StoryCorps, Kimberly McGuinty and Harrison Bourgois discuss the concept of love in the romantic sense, the communal sense, and what it means to love oneself.

In this StoryCorps interview, Krista Harrell talks to her friend Justine Burbank about how her first love set the tone for how she views love; this…