Quickie w/ Yue: Does A Couple Need To Go Through Hardship To Feel Connected?

Podcast: Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships · Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Opublikowano: 2026-08-21

Does going through hard times together make a relationship stronger—or is that just the story we've been told? In this episode, Yue explores whether deep connection is built through shared struggle or if love can grow just as profoundly without adversity. She reflects on how survival, sacrifice, and teamwork can forge incredible closeness, but can also create resentment, distance, and even break people apart. Through examples like illness, career setbacks, and major life transitions, she unpacks when supporting a partner through hardship strengthens a relationship, and when it's okay to recognize that love alone isn't enough. If you've ev...