Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Why Marriage?

According to studies and research.....the way to ensure you have a successful marriage is to follow a few simple rules that I included below.  I found this information from another awesome TedTalk about What you don't know about marriage: More importantly, what it takes to have a successful marriage.

Happiest couples....

  • Focus on the positive
  • Men do more around the house.
  • Women should be thinner and better looking than their husbands. 
  • Don't win an Oscar. Aka- the Oscar Curse (hello, Hillary Swank, Halle Barry, Reese Wisherspoon, etc)
  • Don't watch romantic comedies- makes our lives seem unbearably grim thereafter. 
  • Don't drink booze.  (causes the crazy)
  • Stay away from Divorcing couples. Divorce is contagious.  If a close couple friend gets divorced, it increases your chances of divorce by 75%. 

One reason TO do it?  The legal benefits. There are1000 legal benefits of being married according to the federal government.   Need more reasons to consider it? Married people make more money.  They're happier.  They have more sex than single people.  They raise more emotionally healthy kids.  They live longer.

A few things to consider....just sayin'!