Boyfriend Girlfriend Quizzes-Ways To Learn About Your Relationship

There are a lot of unknowns in any relationship. These unknowns can lead to doubt and anxiety, so trying to uncover them makes a lot of sense. Boyfriend girlfriend quizzes are one way that people like to use to learn more about their relationships. These quizzes claim to measure compatibility, whether you have found your soulmate, or if your partner is being unfaithful. While all of these are legitimate concerns, there are a few reasons why quizzes are not the best way to find the answers to these questions.

The main problem with boyfriend girlfriend quizzes is that they are made for a general audience. However, your relationship is unique and no quiz can pick up on every little detail. Even if the quiz is well-written and well-intentioned, there is no way that it can give you 100% accurate results. That wouldn't matter so much if it was a quiz on something else, but we are talking about relationships here.

Something a lot of people don't realize is that relationship quizzes can actually lower the level of trust in a relationship. This happens in two basic ways. First, the theme of the quiz can raise doubt about your relationship. For example, you may have never thought your partner was cheating, but now that you see a quiz about it, you start to wonder. The very act of taking the quiz starts to chip away at trust. Second, the conclusion of the quiz (remember, your relationship is unique) may make you believe something about your partner that isn't true. A quiz on cheating may say that your partner is definitely cheating, but there could be other explanations for their behavior.

These quizzes can also make you suspicious and paranoid. Relationship quizzes often bring up the worst things that can happen. Your partner may be completely innocent of those things, but your being aware of the possibility starts to make you look at your partner differently. All of sudden, everything they say and do sets of alarm bells and you start to wonder what's going on.

Another thing to keep in mind is that these quizzes aren't truly meant to help you with your relationship. The truth is that they are a form of entertainment, and are often meant to increase the sales of magazines (though the entertainment aspect applies to free quizzes that are found online). That gives the creator of the quiz a reason to make quizzes that are more sensational.

Does this mean that boyfriend girlfriend quizzes are all bad? Not at all. There are some good quizzes out there, but they are few and far between. But even the worst quiz can be used as the starting point of a conversation about your relationship. If you insist on taking these types of quizzes, then be very careful to not read more into the results than is actually there.