NPR⁠84%

COMIC: A couple's therapist says you can break these relationship rules⁠40%

By Manoush Zomorodi⁠0% James Delahoussaye⁠0% Fiona Geiran⁠0% Sanaz Meshkinpour⁠0% Katie Monteleone⁠0%

12/12/2025, 12:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.5% saturation with 16 hits. Analysis detected 110 faulty-reasoning hits from 71 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (13,191 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 60.30% of the article peer group.

Is it a red flag if a couple has separate beds? 
What about separate bank accounts? 
Therapist Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile says ignoring relationship norms can actually make a partnership stronger. 
This comic was illustrated by Fio Geiran and edited by LA Johnson and Katie Monteleone. 
The original audio interview was produced by James Delahoussaye and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour. 
You can follow us on Facebook @TEDRadioHour and email us at TEDRadio@npr.org. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 3.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 4.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.8%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 19.7%Manoush Zomorodi: 3.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Confirmation Bias19.7%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 22.5%Manoush Zomorodi: 8.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.1%Framing Effect22.5%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 1.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 15.5%Manoush Zomorodi: 10.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.3%Negativity Bias15.5%This article: 19.7%Manoush Zomorodi: 14.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Optimism Bias19.7%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 9.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 1.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.7%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 22.5%Manoush Zomorodi: 1.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Status Quo Bias22.5%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 1.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 19.7%Manoush Zomorodi: 4.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.1%Appeal to Authority19.7%This article: 15.5%Manoush Zomorodi: 5.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.6%Appeal to Emotion15.5%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 1.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 2.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 19.7%Manoush Zomorodi: 7.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 4.4%Hasty Generalization19.7%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 4.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 1.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 2.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Manoush Zomorodi: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%

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