Trust

level: higher is better

Trust is confidence in your partner's honesty and goodwill: believing they tell you the truth about what matters and keep your interests in mind even when you're not around. In LoveScore it's a 'level' dimension: the higher trust is for both of you, the better for the couple.

The dimension rests on three things: faith in your partner's honesty (they don't embellish and don't leave out what matters), willingness to share your most unguarded self with them, and calmly relying on their word without the habit of double-checking everything.

Just as important is what doesn't belong here: anxiety when your partner is away, and the urge to control who they talk to — that's a separate dimension, Peace of Mind. LoveScore keeps trust and jealousy on different scales, because you can believe someone and still feel anxious — and the other way around.

Trust is a 'level' dimension because matching low trust isn't 'compatibility in distrust' — it's a deficit in both partners. There is no configuration here in which a couple is equally well off with a high value and a low one.

How it shows up in a couple

• A partner talks about a mistake or a failure without fearing it will be used against them later.
• 'I'll be home late' is taken as a fact, not as a cue to start building alternative versions of events.
• Fears, doubts and awkward stories can be told here without preparing a line of retreat.
• Promises are taken at their word — with no habit of double-checking every detail.

How LoveScore measures it

A 'level' dimension: higher is better. Each partner gets their own 0–100 score, and the two are then combined into a couple score, with the lower of the two results weighing more than it would in a simple average: a couple where only one partner trusts won't get the same score as a couple with even mutual trust. Together with Communication, this is one of the weightiest dimensions in the Love Score formula.

The wording of the test questions isn't published here: questions read in advance skew the answers — and with them, the couple's report.

Related archetypes

For these archetypes, Trust is the lead dimension: Open Book, Open Sky. No archetype is better or worse than the others — they're different styles of being in a relationship.

All definitions are in the relationship dimensions glossary; the scoring principles are on the methodology page.

LoveScore is an entertainment and educational service for adults (18+). The report is not psychological advice, a diagnosis or a prediction of your relationship's future.