{"id":6784,"date":"2025-02-11T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/druzhba-ta-gumor-utrymuyut-pary-razom-bilshe-10-rokiv\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T14:02:42","slug":"friendship-and-humour-keep-couples-together-for-over-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/friendship-and-humour-keep-couples-together-for-over-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship and humour keep couples together for over 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey of 2,000 long-term couples in the UK has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14381421\/factors-long-lasting-relationships-monogamy.html\">revealed<\/a> that <strong>friendship, a shared sense of humor, and comfortable silence<\/strong> are the most critical elements in maintaining a strong relationship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4222\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4222\" src=\"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200-936-29-05-24-01.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200-936-29-05-24-01.webp 1200w, https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1200-936-29-05-24-01-768x599.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/free-photo\/pretty-senior-woman-looking-man-sofa_5340573.htm#fromView=search&amp;page=1&amp;position=6&amp;uuid=870945bb-c3a8-45ca-8e64-f4b49474df57\">Image by freepik<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the study, <strong>80% of respondents<\/strong> identified friendship as the foundation of their lasting relationships, followed by <strong>loyalty (58%)<\/strong> and <strong>a similar sense of humor (51%)<\/strong>. Surprisingly, only <strong>41%<\/strong> of couples considered monogamy essential, equating its significance to watching TV together. Likewise, <strong>intimacy ranked low<\/strong>, with just <strong>35%<\/strong> of participants viewing it as a key factor for long-term commitment. More than <strong>half (56%)<\/strong> of respondents even stated that passion in relationships is overrated.<\/p>\n<p>Previous research has suggested that <strong>intimacy seven times a month<\/strong> is linked to marital satisfaction. A <strong>2023 study<\/strong> involving 2,000 couples found that <strong>43%<\/strong> believed honesty and the absence of secrets were crucial, while <strong>31%<\/strong> emphasized resolving conflicts before going to bed. Additionally, Australian research indicated that a <strong>nine-year age gap between partners<\/strong> significantly increases the risk of divorce, and couples who had children before marriage were <strong>twice as likely to separate<\/strong> compared to those who started a family post-marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, factors such as <strong>nationality, religion, and education level<\/strong> had little influence on relationship longevity, reinforcing the idea that <strong>interpersonal compatibility and shared values<\/strong> play a more significant role in sustaining long-term partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey of 2,000 long-term couples in the UK has revealed that friendship, a shared sense of humor, and comfortable silence are the most critical elements in maintaining a strong relationship. According to the study, 80% of respondents identified friendship as the foundation of their lasting relationships, followed by loyalty (58%) and a similar sense [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-en"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}