Chapter 7

The Warm, Happy Marriage: Cold, Hard Facts to Consider

by: Elizabeth VanDenBerghe and Alan J. Hawkins

Under, "The Benefits", section of this chapter, it is quoted . . . "'Marriage is sexless, boring, and oppressive,' declares the headline of a blogger who goes on to declare that marriage is failing people as an institution (marcotte, 2009, p.i)." 

Being a married man of nigh on 4 months now, I submit that this statement from a fellow blogger is complete and utter poppycock. Marriage is ANYTHING but boring. There are new adventures every day and, as long as you are willing to stick with each other through them, your bond as a couple gets stronger and you become closer.

I think that VanDenBerghe and Hawkins did a great job on this chapter especially including some research that I wasn't aware of. 

"...Contrary to soap-opera and tabloid mythology, research finds that married men and women typically remain faithful to each other ... And two economists who studied a random sample of 16,000 men and women in the United States further bolstered support for marital fidelity by establishing that the greatest happiness comes in a monogamous marital relationship..."

I was glad to see that this research had finally been done and that, to my surprise, people around the U.S.A. are the happiest when they are in a good marriage.