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Welcome to our encore presentation of The Couples Expert podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This episode originally aired in March of 2017.

This is episode 176 of our show. Stuart’s guest on the show is Marisa Cohen, A professor at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY and the Director of the Self-awareness and Bonding Lab. Marisa is an expert in gender differences and science of relationships. Stuart and Marisa will be discussing how online dating impacts couples and what is the possibility that online dating can lead to marriage?

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What you’ll learn from today’s podcast:

  • Why Marisa changed her focus to relationships in school 3:49
  • Attachment theory IS science- based 5:27
  • How online dating impacts relationships and marriage 6:43
  • What men and women lie about on online dating sites 11:45
  • Online dating sites gives socially awkward people a chance to meet people 14:09
  • People can feel free to be more authentic when communicating online 19:38
  • Marisa’s book and work in the lab on the science of relationships 21:40

Understanding yourself is crucial to finding a partner you’re compatible with. Opposites don’t really attract, so who does? Marisa’s app covers the questions you need to be asking a potential partner when you’re in the “getting to know you“ phase of the relationship. These are questions about money, pets, religion, etc. The deep stuff that is going to tell you if this is truly someone you want to pursue a relationship with. Getting to forever is about how you communicate with each other.

We want to thank Marisa Cohen for being on the show and for the work she’s doing in New York.  We’d also like to thank you for taking part of your day to spend with The Couples Expert.

Giveaway: Chapter of the book From First Kiss to Forever giveaway from Marisa Cohen for all the listeners.

Stay tuned next week for another encore performance of the podcast while Stuart enjoys his much-needed and well-deserved vacation.

Until then, stay connected

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How to Talk About the Hard Stuff

Connecting with your partner isn’t always easy. Here are tips on How to Talk About the Hard Stuff.

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Next Week on The Couples Expert Podcast

Join us next week as Stuart discusses how couples should go about preparing for marriage. If you’re in a love relationship with your partner and you’re planning a wedding, or if you have friends and family that are going to be married, you don’t want to miss this one.

Explore Additional Points

It’s very important to answer questions honestly and upfront when you answer questions on your online profile so that you’re able to know better whether people’s beliefs and future plans are in line with your own. This will save you time and trouble in weeding out people who are not compatible with you.

Long term relationships are about communication, vulnerability and authenticity. It doesn’t matter how you meet it’s about how you grow and progress together that matters.

Maintaining a relationship work takes making the ratio of positive to negative interactions has to be at least 5:1. Stack the deck towards the positive, the higher the ratio, the happier the relationship can be.

Marisa Cohen has developed an app on love and relationships for your smartphone – Mate Match

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My favorite part of doing these podcasts is participating in the conversations they provoke. Each week I present one question, and this week, here is our focus: Question: What is an area in your life that has been impacted by your relationship with your partner?

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