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The study was undertaken to find out the relationship between couple's romantic relationship satisfaction and their partner's emotional intelligence. In order to understand the relationship between the two constructs, a total of 30 pairs of unmarried heterosexual couples were undertaken for the study through purposive sampling. All the participants were in the age range of 20-25 years and another inclusion criterion for the couples was a minimum of two years of relationship duration. The relationship satisfaction was measured using "Couples Satisfaction Scale" developed by Funk and Rogge (2010). The emotional intelligence level of each individual's partner was measured using a scale named "Emotional Intelligence Scale" developed by Schutte et al. (1998). After collection and scoring of data, appropriate statistical methods were taken for the analysis of data. Pearson product moment correlation was used to find out the association between couples' romantic relationship satisfaction with their respective partners' emotional intelligence. From the analysis, it was found that, the association between the overall couples' satisfaction and their respective partners' emotional intelligence were not significantly linked. It was also tested whether relationship satisfaction in males and females is linked to their respective partners' emotional intelligence. From the result it was found that males' relationship satisfaction was not significantly associated with partners' emotional intelligence. However, the females' relationship satisfaction was linked with their partners' emotional intelligence.