There aren't many things less
romantic than divorce.
Not exact matches
Rather
than divorce, couples stay married, remove the
romantic / sexual aspect of their relationship, and live in the family home with similar on / off responsibilities.
Often the Cougar is a woman who
divorced or a widow (or widower) and is looking for a different kind of
romantic relationship
than those of her 20s.
The gangly nerd has less of a love life
than either of his recently -
divorced parents (William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines), who almost rub that fact in by inappropriately sharing the sordid details of their
romantic relationships with him.
Only a few studies have examined complementarity in existing
romantic relationships: In one study, in which undergraduate students rated their own parents» personalities, complementarity appeared quite often, but greater complementarity was actually seen in
divorced than still - married couples.5 Another study of
romantic couples found very little complementarity, except within highly satisfied couples.6 Yet another study found good evidence for the phenomenon, with couples being similar on affiliation and opposite on dominance.7 Finally, a study of same - sex female couples found no similarity on affiliation and found that those who had opposite personalities when it came to dominance were actually less satisfied with their relationships.8 As can be plainly seen, these results are quite inconsistent.
Recently, literature suggests that people involved in
romantic relationships experience lower suicide rates
than single, never - married people and that
divorced, separated, and widowed persons have the highest rates.