LiveScience: Why Perfect Dates Make Lousy Partners

LiveScience: Why Perfect Dates Make Lousy Partners

So says Northwestern University professor of communication studies Michael E. Roloff. "High self-monitors seem to avoid face-threatening interactions and honest self-disclosure. Thus partners of these people may be completely in the dark about the extent of their significant other's degree of commitment and regard. 'It's not that high self-monitors are intentionally deceptive or evil,' Roloff said. 'They appear to have an outlook and way of achieving their goals that makes them attractive to us socially but that prevents them from being particularly happy or loyal in their romantic relationships.'"