The Romance of Sharing a Kitchen (and a Life) Together

A wedding day like that—a white dress and a suit, a five-tiered cake, releasing doves, a carriage and then off on your honeymoon: marriage is incredibly romantic. And it remains so in the years that follow, although you have to learn that romance can also mean that your loved one makes the same silly joke for years, that you are driven crazy by her terrible dishwasher-loading insights, and that sometimes his smelly breath is not the end of the world, but a new insight (namely: did you really eat all those garlic olives by yourself?).

English professor Glenn Wilson uses his compatibility quotient to calculate the extent to which romantic partners are compatible with each other. Do you have the same sense of humor? The same food preferences? And the same opinions on politics, children and infidelity? The higher the professor’s quotient, the greater the chance that the relationship will succeed.
Arguing can also be good for a relationship, psychologists discovered. Because that way you get to know each other better, Goethe already said. The most important success factor: accepting each other. According to relationship guru Gottman, around 70 percent of relationship problems cannot be solved, so you might as well accept them.

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