Not exact matches
A divorce
among those close to us makes us feel vulnerable, and we question our own
marriage — if a couple we thought were perfectly
happy together splits, well, what about us?
A more equal
marriage doesn't necessarily mean a
happier marriage: A recent Norweigan study found higher divorce rates
among couples who split the housework evenly.
The present online dating has been increasing popular
among Africa United states members because a large number of
happy relationships and
marriage are generated from websites like these.
Today's dating online has been increasing popular
among African American singles because thousands of
happy relationships and
marriages are generated from such sites.
Among those unhappily married spouses who stayed married, what factors predicted
happier marriages down the road?
Seventy - four percent of divorces took place
among spouses who had, five years earlier, been
happy with their
marriages.
It's true that no two
marriages look exactly the same, but there are a few common threads
among those highly effective,
happy couples.
One difference between
happy and unhappy
marriages is the tendency
among happy couples to stand together during hard times, rather than against or away from each other.
Storied
marriage expert, Dr. John Gottman, explains that conflict - avoiders are considered a
happy - stable conflict type
among married couples.
By contrast,
among couples who married between 24 - 26, only 14 percent divorced, and only 20 percent of women said they were «not very
happy» in their
marriage.
In his latest work with Nicholas H. Wolfinger, Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and
Marriage Among African Americans and Latinos (Oxford, 2016), Brad Wilcox shines a much - needed spotlight on the lives of strong and
happy minority couples.
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.
For instance,
among those who cohabited, couples who decided to live together before
marriage in an intentional way are more likely to enjoy
happy marriages, compared to couples who just slid into cohabitation before
marriage.