Science Says Couples Who Do This One Thing Regularly Are More Likely To Stay Together

The two weeks before Christmas are thought to be peak breakup season, according to Match.com. But UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner, author Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, which explores how to be happy in relationships, says there’s one thing couples should do on a regular basis if they want to beat the odds and stay together…

They should laugh together! “For couples who divorced on average 13.9 years after they were married, it was the absence of laughter that predicted the end of their bond,” stated the research. “In the early stages of a marriage, anger and contempt are highly toxic. In the later phases of intimate relations, it is the dearth of laughter that leads individuals to part ways.”

So, if you’re running around, still trying to figure out what to get your significant other for Christmas, may I suggest tickets to a comedy show? Who knows, it might just be what gets you through to Valentine’s Day…