A Good Marriage Is…
Feeling uber content and happy just watching my hubby and our great dane lab, Dante BOTH sleeping together on the couch! How cute is that? I LOVE sneaking candid camera pics 
Just found this on the website divorcereform.org. What are the elements of a good, LONG-LASTING marriage?
Some great stuff here! I bolded what I thought most important.
THE KEY TO LONG-LASTING MARITAL BLISS: SKILLS AND REALISM
The BBC News Online reports that couples who think their relationship is perfect are just setting themselves up to be knocked down once the wedding cake is eaten and the honeymoon is over. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, we need to approach marriage with a more realistic view.
And couples who do that are happier in the long run. Eighty-two couples who had been married less than three months participated in the four-year study in which each spouse was independently questioned. Seventeen couples divorced by the end of the four years.
Those who avoided divorce managed to do so by being forgiving and having charitable explanations for their partner’s negative behavior, reports the BBC.
But those individuals who had extremely high expectations and did not have these excellent relationship skills, were more likely to be sorely disappointed with their one true love.
The study findings were published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “THE KEY TO LONG-LASTING MARITAL BLISS” Cited in a posting on the Smart Marriages Listserv Sept. 27, 2004.
Well, have a great weekend my lovely readers! What are you doing this weekend? Nate and I are planning to catch up on sleep Saturday. We’ve been sick all week:( Looking forward to putting up the Christmas tree (the theme this year is gold gold gold) and going out to dinner with my sister in law, Esther and her boyfriend Allen at the Grouchy Chef. Food is always exciting!
