As I’ve written here countless times, a romantic relationship — even the best relationship — takes constant attention and work. It doesn’t necessarily need to be hard work, but you do need to pay attention to your partner and your relationship.
Most relationships fail when one or both partners lose track of one another, or lose the ability to communicate clearly and openly with each other.
So aping the trend of “Hey, let’s gamify everything that’s work to make it more fun and less like work!” some folks have started publishing “relationship apps.” One popular relationship app has couples trying to keep their “love tank” full.
But should your serious, romantic, long-term relationship become just fodder for putting arbitrary metrics on scientifically-questionable concepts like a “love tank?”