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The right person

22 mins | Aug 26, 2022

Is happiness the measure of a good marriage? 

Contemporary wisdom says that happiness is the measure of a marriage. But that could be considered a harmful way of judging relationships. Psychologist Joshua Coleman reveals that while we might reliably report what makes us unhappy in the present, we are sometimes less reliable navigators of achieving happiness in the future. Here, he reflects on what these misperceptions mean for our romantic lives.

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