FEBRUARY 12, 2026 — Turns out, Cupid’s arrow isn’t hitting as many hearts as before. The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey shows that only 46 percent of Filipinos say they’re very happy with their love life — a figure that has stubbornly stayed at its lowest since the question was first asked back in 2004.

Conducted nationwide from November 24 to 30, 2025, the survey asked 1,200 adults about their romantic satisfaction. The results? Forty percent admitted they “could be happier,” while 14 percent confessed they have no love life at all. That’s a lot of people either waiting for sparks or wondering if the fire has gone out.

Breaking it down, married women reported the highest happiness at 57 percent, while those with live-in partners dropped to 45 percent. Single women? Just 22 percent said they were happy. 

Men showed a similar pattern: 55 percent of married men were content, 50 percent of those with live-in partners felt good, and only 28 percent of single men claimed happiness. Interestingly, single men saw a nine-point jump compared to last year—proof that maybe being unattached isn’t so bad after all.

So what does this say about us? Filipinos are famously romantic, with “kilig” practically part of our cultural DNA. Yet the numbers suggest that love isn’t delivering the same high it used to. Maybe it’s the pressures of modern life, maybe it’s shifting expectations, or maybe we’re just more honest now about what makes us happy.

Still, while fewer Filipinos are “very happy” in love, the majority aren’t exactly miserable either. Most are somewhere in between — content but wishing for a little more. And isn’t that the story of love itself? Always chasing that extra spark, that elusive “kilig” that makes the heart race.

The survey reminds us that love, like life, isn’t always a fairy tale. But it also shows that happiness in relationships is fluid — it rises, falls, and sometimes surprises us.

So maybe we’re not falling out of love at all — just running low on “kilig.” What do you think? 

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