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How Happy Marriages Stay Happy: 7 Signs of a Rock Solid Relationship
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2802" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/signs-of-happy-marriage-that-lasts/" target="_blank"><strong>How Happy Marriages Stay Happy: 7 Signs of a Rock Solid Relationship - Fatherly</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This is what it takes for a marriage to stay happy over time.</strong></p><p></p><p>In an interview years ago, Jane Pauley asked family and relationship researcher John DeFrain, Ph.D., what he thought was the major cause of divorce in America. “<a href="https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/damn-good-marriage-advice/" target="_blank">Marriage</a>” was his response. He wasn’t trying to be flippant (well, maybe a little), but rather, he was acknowledging the many obstacles to <a href="https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/happy-marriage-habits-positive-psychology/" target="_blank">happy, long-term unions.</a></p><p></p><p>Marriage is “putting two people together under the same roof and dumping all the problems of the world on top of their heads,” says <a href="https://cehs.unl.edu/cyaf/dr-john-defrain/" target="_blank">DeFrain</a>, professor emeritus of family studies at the University of Nebraska and the author of more than 20 books, including a <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Strong-Families-Around-the-World-Strengths-Based-Research-and-Perspectives/DeFrain-Asay/p/book/9780789036032" target="_blank">study of strength and resilience</a> of more than 30 families around the world that he co-authored with Sylvia Asay, Ph.D. </p><p></p><p>“Society is set up to satisfy business interests, not family interests,” DeFrain, now in his 70s, continues. “There are all these forces against couples and families and they don’t have any organization to protect them. They don’t have allies like a union or party; they have to figure it all out themselves.”</p><p></p><p>So how do happy marriages stay happy? What qualities help a marriage endure? Researchers like DeFrain have spent decades publishing <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01001.x" target="_blank">studies</a> dissecting marriages to figure out what works to keep couples happy for the long haul. Here’s what DeFrain and couples therapists say is truly essential for happy, <a href="https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/rules-long-lasting-successful-marriage/" target="_blank">long-term marriages.</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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