One of the latest relationship tests on social media to go viral is the bird theory.

It starts with a casual comment.

You know when you were inside I saw a really pretty bird?

A bird?

I saw a bird today.

I saw a bird today.

I forgot to tell you that I saw a bird today.

A bird?

The test is how the partner responds. Wait, I saw a blue jay the other day too.

No, literally I saw one on my run.

Do they engage, pointed beak, rounded beak, or not?

Why are you telling them?

These tests have racked up millions of views.

They're based on a theory developed by couples researcher John Gottman about the importance of engaging with partners when looking for a connection.

But what do they really tell us?

Alexandra Solomon is a licensed clinical psychologist, an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, and the host of a podcast called Reimagining Love.

Alexandra, how valuable is this test?

What does it really reveal?

You know, these tests come and go, and I tell you what, this one is particularly sneaky

because it does have Gottman's research behind it.

And there's a wish that all of our relationships could boil down to one little test like

that. So although there's validity, it's putting too much down to one little test like that. So although there's

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