A closer look

Psychologists frequently suggest that traveling internationally with a romantic partner is the absolute ultimate test of a relationship's long-term viability, exposing hidden flaws and wildly incompatible stress responses. Nothing quite reveals the true character of the person you love like getting completely lost in a foreign transit system with two percentage points of phone battery, heavy luggage, and dropping blood sugar levels. You will quickly discover whether your significant other is a proactive problem solver or someone who just shuts down and silently pouts outside a closed museum while you frantically try to decipher a subway map. If you can survive a two-week European vacation involving delayed flights, terrible directions, and a shared case of food poisoning without contemplating a breakup, you should probably just get married