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Humor is the secret ingredient to a successful and long-lasting relationship
Numerous studies have long proved that humor is the secret ingredient to a successful and long-lasting relationship. “Humor between partners is both a lubricant that oils the gears of our relationships and a social glue that binds us,” said Steven Sultanoff, a psychology professor at Pepperdine University. “It signals our ongoing interest in each other as well as compatibility, cooperation and commitment.”
Those couples who can laugh together are generally more satisfied with their relationship, are more likely to engage in healthy and direct communication, and are better listeners. They are also better equipped to manage stress and deal with rough patches in life.
The keywords here are ‘laughing together’ because shared laughter is more about enjoying something you both find funny and less about one being a jokester and the other feeling belittled, ridiculed, or hurt. “People say they want a sense of humor in a mate, but that’s a broad concept,” Jeffrey Hall, University of Kansas associate professor of communication studies, said.
“That people think you are funny or you can make a joke out of anything is not strongly related to relationship satisfaction. What is strongly related to relationship satisfaction is the humor that couples create together. If you share a sense of what’s funny, it affirms you and affirms your relationship through laughter.”
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