4 behaviors that will kill a marriage

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Flint

What is misleading is that the OP doesn't mention they were goaded into arguing. A thesis statement including the term "...a single, 15-minute conversation..." with no additional clues except "...Read the article for more info..." is not adequate to even come close to describing what this study is about. Sorry to be a stickler, and yes, like a curious intellectual I did go read the article, and I don't disagree with the article, but the OP is misleading to the maximum possible extent.

Without the qualifier: ...this reads like a cross between Cosmopolitan's 'ten ways to please your man' and a suicide note written by Nostradamus on a coke binge.

Originally Posted by BigV

and yet totally effective, having generated this buzz, including luring you into clicking and reading.

This study or whatever was the subject of a video or 60 minutes type news piece at least a year ago. It's old stuff. You can even see video of the couples 'talking' and interviews of the guy who predicts outcomes. I believe he's even training people to do this type of thing, to what end, I don't recall. An army of felicity, perhaps?

eta: My bad. 1993

[glatt]

Yeah, the original paper came out in 1992. It's old. Not sure why SciAm is trotting this out again other than that they have some good footage from reality shows on how not to do it.