做好这些事,你们的婚姻会越来越好
1. You Still Go Out For Date Nights If you're one of the few couples that still considers date night sacred after years of being together, then you're already on the path to success. A recent study conducted in the UK found that couples who hit the town once a month were more likely to stay together than those who favored staying in. Looking for somewhere new to take your S.O.? Try these Best Date Ideas If You're Over 40. 2. You Look At Pictures of Puppies Together Do you and your partner sit in bed scrolling through adorable puppy pics together? Aside from this making you squeal with delight, it might also be helping your marriage. One study published in Psychological Science found that when subjects were shown pictures of puppies immediately after pictures of their spouses, they had more positive responses to their partners afterward and improvements in marital relations. "One ultimate source of our feelings about our relationships can be reduced to how we associate our partners with positive affect," says lead researcher James K. McNulty. "Those associations can come from our partners, but also from unrelated things like puppies and bunnies." If you want to take it one step further and get a furry friend of your own, discover these 15 Amazing Benefits of Adopting a Pet. 3. You're Friends With Other Couples It's human nature to want to spend time with people similar to yourself, so it makes sense that couples tend to befriend other couples. But what most couples probably don't realize is that these friendships are actually helping their marriage. In the book Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships, co-authors Geoffrey Greifand Kathleen Holtz Deal, PhD, discovered that couples' friendships benefit a marriage by providing comfort, support, and excitement. "We can talk about anything we want to," one couple said in the book. "We have shared sad times and good times." 4. You Say "Thank You" You might think that your partner intuitively knows how grateful you are for everything they do, but it definitely doesn't hurt to let them know. |