One reason is, as I have written in a previous post, «There's more to life and
marriage than happiness.»
Not exact matches
Evangelical women feel more appreciated and report more
happiness with their
marriages than mainline women do.
Having conversations that are more tense
than tidy shows you understand that
happiness in your
marriage isn't the product of constant affirmation, empty compliments, thoughtless submission and consistent states of euphoria.
And as Johnson and Loscocco note, married black couples are at greater risk of divorce; they have lower marital
happiness and satisfaction
than white spouses; they disagree more
than white spouses about such things as sex, kids and money; and black women get less benefits from
marriage than white women and even black men do.
In short, materialistic spouses may be seeking
happiness in possessions, rather
than people — which means they end up putting less time and energy into making their
marriage a success.
BBW observe
marriage as something much bigger
than the mere mutual
happiness of the two people getting married.
Regardless of how unreported they are, there are far more situations where people are finding
happiness or even
marriage with online dating
than there are situations like the one described in this article.
He no sooner saw the woman
than he saw the aftermath of her — his
marriage proposal and her acceptance, the home they would set up together, the drawn rich silk curtains leaking purple light, the bed sheets billowing like clouds, the wisp of aromatic smoke winding from the chimney — only for every wrack of it — its lattice of crimson roof tiles, its gables and dormer windows, his
happiness, his future — to come crashing down on him in the moment of her walking past.
Best of all, as you discover new resources for
happiness, creativity, and love within yourself, you'll find that your
marriage becomes a source of delight and endless surprises rather
than disappointment and endless conflicts.
[30] Researchers have found that men have less well - developed narratives to explain marital unhappiness and divorce and that wives»
happiness in
marriage is more dependent on supportive behaviors from husbands
than vice versa.
In Beyond The Myth of Marital
Happiness, professor of Education and Psychological Studies at the University of Miami Dr. Blaine J. Fowers wrote, «The best
marriages are partnerships in which spouses are devoted to creating a shared life that is larger
than the emotional payoff of
marriage.»
Those that no longer find their
marriages providing the
happiness that they have come to expect, are more likely to leave a
marriage than couples in the past who did not have these same expectations.
Couples seek divorce after many years of
marriage because they realize after years of tolerance or taking on more
than they can both can bear in the relationship, the remedy of divorce is available to them and they do not hesitate to take that route to get
happiness that they both deserve.
The study found that
marriages with significant conflict were worse for
happiness and health
than divorce.
This includes people who are more focused on «your
happiness»
than on your
marriage.
For most
marriage cohorts, marital
happiness declined more in the 1980s
than in the 1990s, suggesting a period effect.
C. People who only ever cohabited with the person they marry, after having mutually clarified plans for
marriage, are at no greater risk for divorce or lower marital
happiness than those who wait until
marriage to live together.
Alexis de Tocqueville, a close observer of American society and character in the 19th century, wrote, «There is certainly no country in the world where the tie of
marriage is more respected
than in America or where conjugal
happiness is more highly or worthily appreciated.»
In so many ways,
marriage is far more important to your
happiness than a business venture.
In school we teach our children everything except the one skill that could do more for their personal
happiness and well - being
than any other, and that's how to have a happy
marriage.