Relationships
What do couples who possess long and
happy marriages have in common?
The answer to this question varies but
a survey given to couples who were
happy and content in their marriages
offered the following:
- Comfort: You can spend time together, comfortably, with no need to say a word. Just relax and enjoy each others company.
- Synchronicity: Do you often start saying the same sentence, at the same time? As if your thoughts were synchronized, being carried along by the same wavelengths. It’s almost like reading each others minds.
- Trust: Not just the trust you have in your partner for being faithful. The kind of trust that allows you to say how you feel, knowing they would never discuss it with anyone else.
- Respect: Each of you shows interest in the others opinion and how they are feeling. Even when your opinions differ. Show interest in each others views means you respect their individuality.
- Care: Just asking how their day went can be of great significance in a relationship. They may want to share something positive or negative, being willing to listen and offering them an opportunity to talk shows you care.
- Honesty: As the saying goes, ‘honesty is the best policy’. Couples who are honest with each other is probably one of the most significant signs of a good marriage. Even if it does mean you have to tell them their jokes just aren’t funny!
- Love: Couples who said they were happy and content in their marriages agreed that they were genuinely in love with each other.
- Affection: Simply holding hands or kissing speaks volumes without saying a word.
