Paying attention to potential alternative partners is a negative relationship behavior that is associated with lower relationship satisfaction. (scienceofrelationships.com)
Participants in the high stress condition gave their partners fewer compliments and were more likely to want to interact with attractive alternative partners. (scienceofrelationships.com)
But what about alternative partners, or those people who you could be with if you weren't with your current partner? (scienceofrelationships.com)