For instance, many
happy couples report doing simultaneous activities like reading in bed while the partner watches TV on a headset, so as not to disturb the one who is reading.
Studies have also found that
the happiest couples report that they are happy because they have a lot of fun together.
Not exact matches
For the sake of my own sanity, and to avoid eating out during the week, I need at least a
couple of go - to quick and easy meals in my back pocket, and I'm
happy to
report this Two - Bean Vegetarian Mexican Lasagna is now one of them.
As
reported by The Sun, Arsenal are set to sit down with the Chile international to thrash out the terms of a new long term contract and the dynamic forward is supposedly
happy to stay with the Gunners, with a
couple of conditions.
«I would have to be
happy if these
reports are true, more height, more winning experience, extra stamina, and with the money still left plus some players sold, if we can pull off a
couple of big big big signings, we might have a very slim chance of keeping Alexis as our highest paid player.
As for the player himself, early
reports are that he is
happy and after an unsettling last
couple of years, could be ready to settle down in North London once again.
Couples who had sex more than once a week didn't
report being any
happier, and those who had sex less than once a week
reported feeling less fulfilled,» NBC News
reports.
In such
couples, surveys show, both wife and husband generally
report being less
happy about the marriage.
A recent
report from the National Marriage Project, «Date Night Opportunity,» found that
couples who spend time together at least once a week were 3.5 times
happier in bed.
Happy couples have more sex, and the more sex a
couple has, the
happier they
report being.
It claims that married men and women who have «
couple time» at least weekly were 3.5 times more likely to
report being very
happy in their marriages than those who struggled to spend time together.
«People in sexless marriages
report that they are more likely to have considered divorce, and that they are less
happy in their marriages,» Donnelly told the New York Times in 2008, noting that 15 percent of married
couples hadn't gotten it on with their spouse in the prior six months to one year.
Statistically,
couples who practice these methods also
report happier relationships and lower divorce rates.
And as we age, sex continues to be a strong indicator of happiness — a 1992 study found that for
couples over 60, if they had sex once per week, they
reported being
happier and having more exciting lives.
The study, out of Michigan State university looked at about 2,000 older married heterosexual
couples in the Health and Retirement Study over six years, from 2006 to 2012 and found that those who
reported a
happier spouse also
reported feeling better overall.
The hope is that the overlord of all things fashion will be able to kick the Tonys up a
couple notches, but if
reports are to be believed, not everyone is
happy with the changes Anna Wintour is making to the event.
According to one study,
couples that shared their relationship experiences with other
couples reported being
happier with their significant others.
Caughlin: If that is asking whether a
couple can be in the bonding stages for a long time and have both partners
report being
happy, then sure, that happens.
Of course, unsafe sex or sex with a partner who is emotionally hurtful isn't so good for you, but most
happy, healthy
couples report their sex life is very important to them and contributes to their bond.
Many
couples report they are
happier by their 35th anniversary than they were in the early years of their marriage.
These
couples tended to be
happier in their relationships than
couples who met offline, the researchers
report this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.»
Cara Delevingne recently opened up about her girlfriend, indie pop and rock musician St. Vincent, saying she is in love with her and feels so
happy The
couple - who have been dating for around eight months - are still «very much together», in spite of recent
reports claiming they have parted ways.
A University of Chicago survey of married
couples found that 75 % of Americans who pray with their spouses
report their marriages are «very
happy.»
It is now being
reported that after 15 years of marriage, the
happy couple is still
happy, states People.
Some of the recent comments posted about
Happier at Home: [
Couples] «who look the most alike
report the
happiest marriages.»
It has been a
couple of months since the spots first ran but they're still racking up hits on YouTube, and we're
happy to
report that BGR has managed to obtain a blooper reel containing outtakes from the filming of these promo spots.
Macaronis Resort Surf
Report, 20th August 2010 Well another
couple of trips down and some very
happy punters.
Even though they didn't necessarily set out to save money during their year of RV living, the
couple are
happy to
report they «came out ahead.»
A
couple of days in, and we're
happy to
report we're just as impressed with the rear camera capabilities as the gorgeous look of this powerful «full screen» device.
In The Smart Stepfamily Marriage, Dr. David Olson and I
reported that 94 percent of
happy couples have hobbies and interests that bring them together.
In response to the notion that even
happy couples may cheat, her critics say that these
couples may
report that their relationships are loving and fine but may still not be truly and securely close to one another and hence vulnerable to infidelity.
Many
couples reported happy marriages and improvement in relationship satisfaction after their children left home, according to the study Contextualizing Change in Marital Satisfaction During Middle Age published in the Psychological Science journal in 2008.
One other fascinating result is that the faces that were judged to be most similar belonged to the
couples who
reported being the
happiest.
But when
couples had high self - other overlap, then those with complementary goal strategies
reported being
happier with their relationships.
Surprisingly, escaping the black hole of financial squabbling is becoming more and more common: A new study found almost 90 percent of
couples report being «
happy» with how they deal with their finances.
«We found that egalitarian
couples have less frequent sex but
report happy marriages and have levels of sexual satisfaction that are comparable to «old - school» husbands and wives,» she says.
There is a scientific reason: in the book The Normal Bar, scientists analyzed data from 100,000 people around the world and found that, among those people who
reported being
happiest in their relationships, 74 %
reported that they give back rubs to their partners.2 Mutual massage thus appears to be something that most
happy couples have in common!
Recognizing good things can better our lives: inducing gratitude can increase positive emotion (Watkins), focusing on the positive in a 3 - to - 1 ratio to the negative can create more successful business teams (Fredrickson and Losada),
couples that respond in a 5 - to - 1 ratio of positive to negative have
happier and longer marriages (Gottman), and
couples that respond enthusiastically to each other
report more satisfaction (Gable).
Brazilian and Spanish men were less likely than Americans to
report happy relationships, while Japanese men were more likely to be happily
coupled.
At the end of the 20 days, each
couple member also
reported how
happy they were in the relationship.
Marriage researchers
report that even
couples who claim to have been
happy throughout their marriage need to put forth extra effort to rediscover each other once their children grow up and leave home.
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From the printed workshop notes: «
Couples who were in a stable, happy relationship — couples who reported liking one another — had a ratio of positive to negative interactions of 5:1 when discussing an area of disagr
Couples who were in a stable,
happy relationship —
couples who reported liking one another — had a ratio of positive to negative interactions of 5:1 when discussing an area of disagr
couples who
reported liking one another — had a ratio of positive to negative interactions of 5:1 when discussing an area of disagreement.
Couples who laugh together
report happier relationships than those who don't.
Couples who exhibit these first three relationship styles generally
report being
happy.
In 2015, a controlled study had
couples who, via instruction, doubled their amount of sex were no
happier the with their baseline rate and in fact
reported enjoying sex less.
Furthermore,
couples who got married between 20 - 23 were more likely to get divorced than
couples who got married at 30 or older (34 percent vs. 8 percent), but they were just about as likely to
report that they were in a «very
happy» marriage (46 percent vs. 42 percent).
Many happily married
couples often
report «teamwork» as a critical ingredient to a
happy marriage.
The «Knot Yet»
report finds that among
couples who married at 30 or above, only 8 percent divorced within the first ten years of marriage — but a whopping 50 percent of women were «not very
happy» in their marriage.
Studies have found that over 70 % of
couples treated with EFCT have moved from feeling «distressed» to
happy with their relationship and 90 % of
couples report their relationship is «significantly improved.»