{"id":7300,"date":"2015-11-05T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyle1.wpengine.com\/?p=7300"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:35:16","slug":"what-makes-a-happy-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/what-makes-a-happy-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes A Happy Marriage (5 Signs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to think that having a happy marriage was a direct result of marrying the right person.<\/p>\n<p>Now I know better.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it helps to marry someone who delights you, but all brides are delighted to marry their husbands on their wedding day. So it\u2019s likely that you did marry someone who delights you, and you have the right ingredients to have an incredibly happy marriage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really not about your husband as much as I used to think.<\/p>\n<p>Women in happy marriages have certain traits and habits in common. It\u2019s amazingly consistent, but wasn\u2019t obvious to me at all! I thought I just married the wrong man.<\/p>\n<p>Was I ever confused and miserable back then. But then I started working on these habits and even I was astonished at what happened next. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I became one of those women with a happy marriage.<\/p>\n<p>They might seem unrealistic at the moment, but that\u2019s okay. You can give them a try and see for yourself if you want.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the habits that you can adopt to have an incredibly happy marriage:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/what-makes-a-happy-marriage\/#1_Brag_about_your_husband_in_a_good_way\" title=\"Brag about your husband (in a good way)\">Brag about your husband (in a good way)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/what-makes-a-happy-marriage\/#2_Receive_things_that_you_wouldnt_have_bought_for_yourself\" title=\"Receive things that you wouldn\u2019t have bought for yourself\">Receive things that you wouldn\u2019t have bought for yourself<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/what-makes-a-happy-marriage\/#3_Do_your_own_thing\" title=\"Do your own thing\">Do your own thing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/what-makes-a-happy-marriage\/#4_Leave_dishes_in_the_sink_weeds_in_the_garden_or_laundry_on_the_couch\" title=\"Leave dishes in the sink, weeds in the garden or laundry on the couch\">Leave dishes in the sink, weeds in the garden or laundry on the couch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/what-makes-a-happy-marriage\/#5_Smile_a_lot\" title=\"Smile a lot\">Smile a lot<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Brag_about_your_husband_in_a_good_way\"><\/span>1. Brag about your husband (in a good way)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you run into a woman with a happy marriage, she\u2019s always saying something complimentary about her husband. She talks about how hard he works, what a great job he does coaching the kid\u2019s soccer team, or his promotion. She talks about how funny he is, or just how good she has it being married to him, or how romantic he was for their anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Well of course she does, you might be thinking. She has a good husband!<\/p>\n<p>But what if I told you she actually created that great husband by expecting him to be great?<\/p>\n<p>She knows that what she focuses on increases, so she focuses on the things she likes about him.<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-1988470106\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course he makes mistakes too, or has bad breath at times, or loses his temper, but that\u2019s not the headline you hear when you talk to her because that\u2019s not the big picture that she\u2019s focused on.<\/p>\n<p>She sees greatness in her husband (she wouldn\u2019t have married him otherwise) so that\u2019s what she talks about.<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-964343851\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Receive_things_that_you_wouldnt_have_bought_for_yourself\"><\/span>2. Receive things that you wouldn\u2019t have bought for yourself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Women with happy marriages own things they would never have bought for themselves, but that they have come to love because their husbands got it for them.<\/p>\n<p>It could be something that just never would have occurred to her to buy for herself\u2014like the woman who was bewildered when she received the Swiss Army knife from her husband for her birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Over time she came to appreciate how handy and practical it was. It became one of her favorite gifts, but to say she never would have bought it for herself is an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>What does this have to do with being happy in your marriage? Everything!<\/p>\n<p>A happy wife is a receptive wife.<\/p>\n<p>She receives his thoughtfulness&#8211;him considering her. She trusts that he saw something about this particular present that she would appreciate or that would make her life better.<\/p>\n<p>She may have thought it was too expensive or impractical, but she stayed open, knowing that he thought it would delight her.<\/p>\n<p>She thanked him genuinely, and actually put the red cowboy boots on so she could discover the gratification he intended for her.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s receptive and easy to please even if the present isn\u2019t what she had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, she\u2019s surprised just how many compliments she gets on her unicorn necklace.<\/p>\n<p>Even if she never figures out exactly what he saw in the present, she\u2019s grateful that he bought something purely to delight her.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Do_your_own_thing\"><\/span>3. Do your own thing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Women with happy marriages rollerblade, or paint or do Zumba. They craft, bake or play violin. They salsa or blog or blog about salsa.<\/p>\n<p>Some garden, others rock climb or watch birds. They practice calligraphy, sing or podcast.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not talking about couple\u2019s activities\u2014this is something she does independently that makes her happy and fills her up. She comes back in a great mood.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s part of why she\u2019s so happy in her marriage\u2014because she does things that make her happy. She has energy reserves when things go wrong, or when her husband makes a mistake, as all husbands occasionally do.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Leave_dishes_in_the_sink_weeds_in_the_garden_or_laundry_on_the_couch\"><\/span>4. Leave dishes in the sink, weeds in the garden or laundry on the couch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Women with happy marriages prioritize their happiness and the intimacy in their relationships above having the house or family look perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes that means she leaves the dishes in the sink while she goes rollerblading.<\/p>\n<p>It could mean she stops pulling the endless weeds so she can read her favorite blog with a cup of tea. It means her good mood ranks higher than keeping up appearances\u2014even if people come over and see the dishes and the weeds, and even if that person is her mother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Women with happy marriages bear no resemblance to martyrs who put everyone else first\u2014quite the opposite. A woman with a happy marriage might abruptly march herself into bed in the middle of everything\u2014knowing that she can\u2019t serve anyone else until she\u2019s well-rested.<\/p>\n<p>And if taking a nap in the middle of everything sounds like an act of courage, that\u2019s because it is.<\/p>\n<p>Women with happy marriages are just that brave.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Smile_a_lot\"><\/span>5. Smile a lot<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A woman with a happy marriage is glad to see her husband and her face shows it. I\u2019m not saying she beams at him every second of the day, but she is more likely to be smiling than a woman with an unhappy marriage for sure.<\/p>\n<p>She laughs at his jokes. She can\u2019t help it because she\u2019s so full of endorphins from the rollerblading and singing.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraged, her husband responds even more playfully and tries to make her laugh more.<\/p>\n<p>My husband made me laugh today by pretending to strain from carrying the enormous weight of the grocery bag\u2014containing only the eggs\u2013\u2013he was about to hand me.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so that\u2019s pretty silly, granted. But being silly is part of what lovers do together.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s what you probably did with your husband when you fell in love with him, and if my husband and I can go back to being those silly lovers after nearly divorcing, you can too.<\/p>\n<p>It starts with adopting a few habits.<\/p>\n<p>They may feel awkward at first, but if you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised to discover this simple truth: You married the right guy. Now go and give yourself the happy marriage you both deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to think that having a happy marriage was a direct result of marrying the right person. Now I know better. Of course, it helps to marry someone who delights you, but all brides are delighted to marry their husbands on their wedding day. 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