1. People who cheat have more fulfilling relationships
We hate to break it to you, but keeping
your partner happy at home does NOT make your relationship affair-proof.
In fact, most self-admitted cheaters surprisingly described themselves
as “happy” in their relationships: According to a study by Rutgers
University, 56 per cent of married men who had affairs said they were
happy in their marriages.
2. Couples in healthy relationships fight often
Healthy couples average one argument a
week. A study out of Florida State University found that couples who
made a habit of having “angry but honest” conversations were happier in
the long run.
But that doesn’t mean you should rant
like a sailor: Out of 100,000 people surveyed for “The Normal Bar,” 90
per cent of the happiest individuals have never cursed at their
partners. So fight nice!
3. Couples without children are happier in their relationships
No kids? No problem. As a childless
couple, you’re probably much happier for it. While parents feel stressed
out and perpetually sleep-deprived, a study by the Open University in
England found that childless couples are loving life AND their romantic
relationships far more.
They claim it’s because childless
couples put more time into working on their relationships than parenting
couples. (Imagine a romantic getaway without three kids in tow? Sounds like happiness to me.)
4. Having sex too early hurts chances of staying together
They say that the happiest couples are
the most sexually active. The media constantly promotes “research” that
endorses the benefits of getting it on with your partner, but what they
never clarify is that this doesn’t mean you should sleep together right
away.
Researchers from Cornell University
studied nearly 600 married and co-habitating couples in order to
investigate the connection between the couples’ first sexual encounters
and their later perceptions of relationship quality. The results?
Waiting at least a month to have sex at the beginning of the
relationship helped their chances of being happy later down the line.
5. Couples who make their relationship “Facebook official” are more likely to break up
To all those couples you know who share
an obnoxious stream of couple selfies, date night check-ins, and sappy
social media status updates,
be warned: There’s something to be said for
not making everything between the two of you “Facebook official.”
According to a report which studied 1.3
million Facebook users, staying in a relationship depends on “social
dispersion.” In other words, couples in a mutual circle of friends were
more likely to break up. In another twist, four out of five couples
actually point the finger at Facebook for their breakup. (And what’s
more awkward than when your breakup goes “Facebook official”?) HMMM
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