If you constantly ruminate on your partner’s past and compare previous relationships, it might be hindering your current relationship’s growth. You may also be experiencing retroactive jealousy, which ...

Have you ever found yourself obsessing over your partner’s past relationships? That gnawing feeling that somehow they should have waited for you, even though you didn’t wait for them? I’ve seen this ...

If you’ve ever found yourself hung up on your partner’s exes, you’re not alone—or completely out of line. This preoccupation with their past, known as retroactive jealousy, is human, not to mention ...

What Is Retroactive Jealousy—and Why Does It Matter? As a marriage counselor and couples therapist helping clients navigate relationship challenges, I often address retroactive jealousy (RJ), which ...

Being curious about—or even a little bit jealous of—your partner’s exes is one thing, but leaning on misogynistic stereotypes to guilt her for her past is altogether different. Apparently, not ...

Your partner’s romantic past may haunt you, but self-awareness and trust can stop you from sabotaging your future together. Imagine lying next to your partner, feeling close and connected, but then an ...

Being curious about — or even a little bit jealous of — your partner’s exes is one thing, but leaning on misogynistic stereotypes to guilt her for her past is altogether different. Apparently not ...

When Alice, 26, met her ex-boyfriend at university, she was coming off the back of a string of one-night stands. Her ex, on the other hand, was more of a relationship or consistent ...