Stop Mistaking Shared Trauma for Compatibility

You can’t build a healthy relationship on an unstable foundation

Photo: Alexander Burghardt/Flickr

Two hopeless romantics meet at a bar. After a week of sharing flirty memes and sending early-morning text messages, the two agree to exchange judgments and pass opinions over a pair of pomegranate martinis. In true millennial fashion, their first face-to-face is ripe with…