Landmark study on 11,196 couples pinpoints what dating apps get so wrong

experts: You will have a better chance at marriage if your partner values the same things in life that you do.

John discovered that one set of variables determined whether a marriage would succeed or fail: Were the couples being positive or negative during the interview? There was very little gray area. Either they emphasized their good times together and minimized the bad times, or they emphasized their bad times together and minimized the good times. Eith

There’s also another wrinkle. We tend to repeat the types of relationships we saw our parents create, and their level of happiness appears to directly affect our relationship happiness.

The Harvard Study of Adult Development has assessed the connection between people’s habits and their subsequent well-being since the late 1930s.

The happiest, healthiest people in old age didn’t smoke (or quit early in life), exercised, drank moderately or not at all, and stayed mentally active , among other patterns. But these habits pale in compar

if you’re willing to examine your own role in the problem and you feel that it’s your job to make your partner happy, the prognosis for a rewarding, successful relationship is extremely positive—now and in the future.