DO YOUR FRIENDS LIKE YOUR PARTNER? YOU SHOULD HOPE THEY DO.

FRIENDSHIP; WELL-being; SOCIAL support; FAMILY support; INTERPERSONAL relations; DATING (Social customs); EMOTIONS

The article highlights a study which found that a lack of support from friends and family for unstable romantic relationships can have a significant influence on the demise of the relationship. Cited are friends being better predictors of a relationship's stability than the dating partners themselves, and the kind of approval that partners in on-off relationship often receive.