1. You need to know studies indicate a good marriage makes you as happy as putting $100,000 a year into your savings account. This doesn’t mean that getting married ten times will make you feel like a millionaire.
2. You need to know marriage improves your sex life. That should make you happy.
3. You need to knowmarriage keeps people alive longer. Scientists don’t know why.
4. You need to know one key to marriage happiness is not to tell the other person every time he does something wrong. Breathe deep. Don’t open your mouth.
5. You need to know marriage reduces stress and stress-related illnesses. In other words, you may be mad at your spouse, but it’s better than being mad at life.With no one to snap at.
6. You need to know love and praise are contagious. The more love and praise you offer, the more of it you get back.
7. You need to know that a willingness to sacrifice your needs for your partner is directly linked to a happy marriage.
8. You need to know happy couples have sex more often.
9. You need to know people who abandon bad marriages have a hard time for a couple of years, but often wind up happier than they were before.
10. You need to know that married people who have sex outside of marriage are not as happy as married people who don’t.
11. You need to know that scientists agree that married people are less nuts. Research shows they suffer less psychological stress than single adults do.
12. You need to know people who are unhappy before they get married tend to be unhappy in their marriage.
13. You need to know one reason God puts us in a marriage is so we can find joy in serving someone other than ourselves.
14. You need to know marriage means there’s somebody around to take care of you when you’re sick or depressed. That is enough to make anyone happy.
15. You need to know fear is marriage’s greatest enemy. And gratitude is its greatest building block. Doctors say that your brain can’t feel both at the same time.
16. You need to know your thoughts can make you happy. You can actually increase your marital happiness by focusing your thoughts several times a day on something you treasure: your spouse’s humor, your
home, or even music you like.
17. You need to know people grow fond ofpeople who make them laugh.
18. You need to know men who marry are less likely to be arrested. They’re busy doing chores. And that makes wives happy.
19. You need to know married adults drink less than single adults. One theory is they don’t spend all night
in a bar trying to pick somebody up.
20. You need to know that extreme hardship early in marriage doesn't have to be a deal breaker. In fact, it
can virtually cement a relationship.
21. You need to know one key to curing an unhappy marriage is one of you deciding to be happier.
22. You need to know that whatever you look for in your spouse, you’ll tend to find.
23. You need to know researchers have found that having money and a strong marriage are keys to personal happiness.
24. You need to know if your spouse is happy, you’re more likely to recover from surgery faster.
25. You need to know married adults who make above $30,000 are just as likely to say they’re very happy as rich, single, unmarried adults.
26. You need to know the best predictor of individual happiness is a loving relationship and the amount of time we invest in it.
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