TikTok, Thirst Traps, and Attention Drift: Why Modern Relationships Are Quietly Losing Ground (opens in new tab)

There is a new kind of infidelity that doesn’t look like infidelity. No messages. No meetups. No lies that can be easily pointed to and said, there, that’s the problem. Instead, there’s something far more difficult to argue with: A gradual shift in attention. In my work with couples, I’ve started to notice a pattern that doesn’t announce itself dramatically. It arrives quietly, almost politely: One partner feels less chosen. The other feels misunderstood. Neither can quite explain why. If you...