The science of a happy marriage

Have you ever waited with excitement to share some amazingly good report with your partner, merely to experience a upsurge of annoyance and bitternes where reference is or she scarcely is responding to your announcement? As national societies, we place a huge amount of emphasis on being there for each other when we’re in need, but past experiment has actually shown that relationship satisfaction is influenced as much, if not more, by how we react to each other’s good report. Whereas emotional support from a partner when we’re down can have the unfortunate side-effect of building us feel indebted and more aware of our negative feelings, a partner’s positive reaction to our good news can magnify the benefits of that good fortune and make us feel closer to them.

Read more: cnn.com