shared values beat shared nationality
A shared cross-cultural background is a real starting point - it's why this app tracks it. But it's not the whole story: the research on long-term relationship satisfaction points at shared values, life goals, conflict style, and secure attachment patterns as the stronger predictors, regardless of where either person is from.
Not inherently - the strongest predictor of long-term relationship satisfaction across the research is shared values, life goals, and how a couple handles conflict, not whether they come from the same country or culture.
The same things that make any relationship work - alignment on life goals, family expectations, and money, plus a healthy way of handling disagreement - with cultural background as context, not the deciding factor.
It's a real preference for a lot of people, and this app lets you filter for it directly. But the research suggests shared values predict long-term compatibility more reliably than a shared background alone.
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