Posted on 09/17/2014 5:27:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A husband's happiness is significantly related to how his wife feels about the union, according to researchers at Rutgers University and the University of Michigan, who say the happier the wife is with the marriage, the more content her husband will be with life in general.
"I think it comes down to the fact that when a wife is satisfied with the marriage she tends to do a lot more for her husband, which has a positive effect on his life," noted Deborah Carr, a professor in the Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Science at RU. "Men tend to be less vocal about their relationships and their level of marital unhappiness might not be translated to their wives."
The team analyzed data from 394 couples involved in a larger-scale study on health and income who had been married 39 years on average, in which at least one of the spouses was over 60 years of age.
They were asked questions about their interaction as a couple: How much they argued, how much they understood each other and whether they felt appreciated by their spouse. Next, each couple was assigned to perform typical couple activities like watching TV or going shopping together and record their emotions in diaries for 24 hours.
Average ratings for life satisfaction in general were high, with husbands showing slightly more enthusiasm for their marriages than the wives.
"For both spouses being in a better-rated marriage was linked to greater life satisfaction and happiness," says Carr.
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If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
Shocked, I tell you. Completely shocked. Who would have thunk it??? Answer: Any husband with an ounce of brains.
They had to study this? Lol. I could have told them that when I was 5.
Happy wife, happy life.
When agreeing with your wife, "Yes, Dear" or, "No, Dear".
"I'm sorry."
"Have some wine."
Or an unintelligible grunt.
RE: If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
What if Papa ain’t happy?
No sh**. How much did they spend to bestow this previously undiscovered bit of knowledge upon us proles?
RE: Happy wife, happy life.
Happy Husband... ______________ (Fill in the blank)
He'll go out in the garage and keep it to himself.
RE: He’ll go out in the garage and keep it to himself.
Hope he doesn’t turn on the engine and fall asleep ... :)
Hope he doesn’t fall asleep and momma starts the car.
If you wanna be happy
For the rest of your life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
So from my personal point of view,
Get an ugly girl to marry you.
I ask people all the time ‘’Are you married or happy?’’
When the queen is happy the kingdom is happy
Is that what you tell your wife? I hope not.
Gee, I hope nobody paid for this study... I would have told them the same thing for free...
A happy wife? What’s that?
Any man who’s ever been married could have told them that.
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