Marrying for love is good way to end up in divorce
Marrying for love is good way to end up in divorce
Study says marriage should be based on traditional values
Mike Lloyd/Vancouver Sun Sep 22, 2010 08:57:34 AM
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Cupid may be good at setting things up, but it seems he hasn't got much of a follow-through.
Researchers say romantic love is one of the flimsiest foundations for marriage, despite two-thirds of the population still believing in soulmates.
The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia says although marriages based on idealized love tend to be happy, they are so fragile they are 1.5 times more likely to end in divorce than when you get hitched for traditional values such as kids, fidelity and interdependence. The study is in the journal Social Science Research and today's Vancouver Sun.
One of the co-authors claims self-satisfaction trumps the needs of the partnership. If the marriage is not helping the partner personally, they're less committed to sustaining it. |
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