if no one else likes your partner, that’s a very serious warning sign.

When he and I would be in a room together with a lot of people, he would be looking at me and I would be looking and there was just a connection.

For the rest of the interview, specific questions were asked about a range of issues, including advice for choosing a mate; suggestions for how to deal with stressors that affect a couple; ideas to help a young couple considering splitting up; the role of intimacy in a relationship (and how it changes); and their core values and principles for marr

Like almost all of the elders I met from Puerto Rico—and indeed from throughout the Caribbean—Jessica played dominoes. “We used to go to a club to play dominoes there. I love to play dominoes and he liked it, too. It’s nice; it’s fun. And it keeps your mind sharp, you know?

“How do I know for certain that a person is the right one for me?”

Disconnect from your electronic devices when you are away from work.

person came to you and asked for your advice about having a happy marriage, what would that be?”

“Can you see yourself being with this person the rest of your life?”

In the search for a partner, nearly all of the experts described a powerful “sense of rightness,” an intuitive and almost indescribable conviction that you have made the right choice.