Domestic Diversions

Don’t worry, Be happy: You and your spouse bug each other because you’re close!

MSNBC.com and LiveScience report on the study of relationships by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (Kira Birditt, Lisa Jackey and Toni Antonucci). The conclusion: Marriage–It only gets worse!

MSNBC reports (excerpt):
“As we age and become closer and more comfortable with one another, it could be that we’re more able to express ourselves to each other,” said lead study author Kira Birditt, a research fellow at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “In other words, it’s possible that negativity is a normal aspect of close relationships that include a great deal of daily contact.”

Rather than breeding unhappy couples and ill health, the increase in negativity could be a normal part of relationships.

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