Happy Marriage Traits: What Your Relationship Needs To Survive

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By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D.
The Good Men Project Magazine

UCLA's Family Studies Center researched 1,500 couples who had been together for five or more years and who acknowledged having a strong, close, deeply committed bond. The couples revealed six common characteristics:

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Comments

[PresidentRobertBooth]

08:32 PM on 02/11/2011

Marriages would survive if women simply accepted that men by nature must conquer new territory from time to time.
 
 
Every husband should have at least one mistress, with the blessing of his wife.

[KLMwrites]

11:51 AM on 02/11/2011

great post... IMhO and 20+ tenure to same dude 4 kids later...
Sex, money, humor, talk. And perhaps a housecleaner. Not in any particular order, but that outta do it!
http://www.returntoworkmom.com/

[Dee Vorsay]

12:04 PM on 02/10/2011

Great article that captures what the dynamic is to keep both parties connected and able to grow and thrive together in the future. Also, thank you for referncing the importance of personal character and integrity of each partner. Nothing real or good will be built without those two ingredients.

[p456]

02:59 AM on 02/10/2011

A marriage needs sex and money to survive. Love fades, commitment takes work, kids drain you, working is for the birds, liking your spouse is an oxymoron and the only reason why people get married in the first place is for sex, which seems to go out the window after we say "I do".

[Moira N Rudin]

06:13 PM on 02/09/2011

I found this article to be amazingly insightful and helpful to me. I think everyone who is married should read it and use it as a reference manual to fine tune their marriages. Dr. Johnson is an amazing resource to everyone who gets the opportunity to share his key ideas on finding happiness.

[Tom Matlack]

06:58 AM on 02/09/2011

This is part of the marriage series over at www.goodmenproject.com. You can read about how guys realized they were with the ONE here: http://bit.ly/shes-the-one

Very sweet Valentines stories.

[french queen13]

07:34 PM on 02/08/2011

Absolutely wonderful article. There was so much I recognised in it - it describes my life!

[playsindirt]

04:15 PM on 02/08/2011

Romance, affection, communication.