For many years research on intimate relationships has grappled with a central paradox; love appears to be both blinded by bias and informed by reality (Fletcher & Kerr, 2010, 2013; Waller, 1938). Furthermore, the extent to which intimate relationships prosper from the presence of such biases is subject to controversy (Fletcher & Kerr, 2013). While on the one hand substantial empirical evidence asserts a strong relationship between positive bias towards ones’ partner and relationship satisfaction, literature has also highlighted the way such illusions make an individual inherently vulnerable to relationship breakdown (Lee, Niehuis & Reifman, 2013). The present essay aims to first briefly evaluate salience of both bias and accuracy in intimate relationships, and then critically evaluate the benefits and detriments of these biases in regards to relationship satisfaction. Finally, the present essay aims to shed light on the extent to which such idealistic positive regard for one’s partner facilitates relationship wellbeing is dependent on what it is that intimates turn a blind eye to. Extensive literature has demonstrated that individuals engrossed in intimate relationships distort the real characteristics of their partner or relationship to better reflect their ideals (Boyes & Fletcher, 2007; Evans & Sanderson, 2001; Griffin, Holmes & Murray, 1996a). Thus, rather than being tied down by the reality of their partner’s virtues and flaws intimates may view their partners through the rosy filters ideals (Griffin et al., 1996a). However, this notion undermines the Darwinian assumption that humans make informed and accurate assessments of fitness prior to engaging in sexual selection (Fletcher & Kerr 2010, 2013). As a result, recent literature has provided evidence to suggest that the solution to this paradox lies in the fact that positive bias and accuracy can happily coexist in relationship settings (Boyes & Fletcher, 2007; Fletcher & Kerr, 2010, 2013). This was demonstrated by Fletcher and Kerr (2010) in their meta-analysis of 146 studies comparing independent measures of perceptual accuracy to baseline measures of reality. The revealed that, relative to baseline measures, individuals perceive characteristics about their relationship and partner with substantial accuracy. This finding was particularly salient for judgments about past events or relationship states. Conversely, a moderately small, significant difference was observed between specific relationship judgments and baseline measures indicating that individuals also perceive their partners with at least some small level of bias. For the most part, this bias was positive however, individuals demonstrated a tendency perceive their partner’s beliefs, attitudes and behaviours in more negative ways. This meta-analysis by Fletcher and Kerr (2010) is strengthened by it use of a large number of studies, all of which compare either, or both, bias and accuracy to some baseline judgment measure. In doing so, the authors facilitate a direct, robust comparison across studies. However, some caution must be exercised when interpreting these findings given that in many cases baseline reality measures were derived from self-report measures which may have been subject to self-enhancing bias. Nonetheless, based on these findings Fletcher and Kerr demonstrated that bias and accuracy collectively in