Unhappy couples think they accept themselves the way they are, but often they are in denial.
Not exact matches
You may
think these things are unrelated, but 70 % of
couples are
unhappy in their marriages in the first year after they have a baby!
Instead of being accountable and taking significant steps toward the recovery of a struggling relationship,
unhappy couples usually stay passive
thinking that their lack of satisfaction isn't their fault and that in time the situation will somehow change and things will be as they were before (when the
couple was still deeply in love).
Research reveals that what lies at the heart of
unhappy couple relationships can best be
thought of not as some quality inherent in the partners, but as a failure to repair the inevitable conflicts and disjunctions that occur in any
couple.
But when the
unhappy couples were asked what they
thought about compatibility, they all answered by saying that compatibility is extremely important to a marriage.
Even if you're careful not to argue in front of them (lots of
couples think they're discrete), your kids sense when you're
unhappy.
Unhappy couple relationships are associated with impaired individual health, an effect
thought to be mediated through ongoing
couple conflicts.