Interested in marriage trivia? I am. So for your Sunday morning coffee pleasure, here are a few marriage facts that you may or may not have known. It’s always interesting to understand that there are a lot of facts surrounding the happily ever after tales we try to imitate.
So, have your coffee? No? I can wait. Go get the coffee and come back. When you’re ready to kick back and enjoy these marriage facts and have a great Sunday morning. Did you know:
- From the 1970s, men’s attitudes towards marriage have actually become more favorable. Interestingly enough, it is in women where more doubts have arisen?
- What is necessary for a happy marriage, the ability to compromise is not one considered a national value, in fact, as a nation, we put more value on our independence, freedom, success and self-fulfillment?
- Love is a relatively new component to the aspirations of marriage, typically throughout history marriage was considered a way to gain money, success, property and status as well as gaining family connections?
- Women are more likely than men to file for divorce and they are more likely to seek an exit from an unhappy marriage than men?
- Marriage tends to ground men and make them happier in the long run. Interestingly enough, married men are usually physically healthier than their single counterparts and they are more likely to live longer as well?
- Marriage and families may be more expensive than living the single life, but marriage also brings with it increased maturity and responsibility and typically, married individuals abandon self-destructive and irresponsible habits?
- Sex lives tend to take a hit after a baby is born, but couples learn to adjust and even if they have to plan date time for each other?
- If a sense of trust and commitment is maintained, a trial separation can actually have a positive effect on a trouble marriage. The idea is based on the fact that when a couple takes a break from each other, they can remember their love and affection without the burden of anger and resentment – but the sense of commitment and trust must remain for this equation to work?
Did you know?
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