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Married ? : Your wife isn't happy unless you are miserable
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So true. [ link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Want to keep the wife happy? Be miserable or risk divorce
Married men be warned: Don't enjoy yourself too much.
Research shows that if you're happier than your wife, you could soon be heading for the divorce courts.
Economists have identified a phenomenon called the 'Happiness Gap', which states that the bigger the difference between spouses' satisfaction levels, the greater the risk of a break-up.
Crucially, the study, which looked at tens of thousands of couples in Britain, Germany and Australia, found the effect was seen only when the husband was feeling better about life than his wife.
It was also more likely to be the disgruntled wife who would start divorce proceedings.
The study found that the happiness gap widened if wives were lumbered with most of the housework, if they had different social backgrounds to their husbands, or if they had higher than average incomes.
However, it closed when couples had similar backgrounds, had a common religion or if the woman was a housewife, a student or retired.
The researchers at Deakin University in Australia, also revealed that the happiness gap was 'several times wider' in couples who were living together compared with those who were married.
The report, which has been published in Germany under the title You Can't Be Happier Than Your Wife. Happiness Gaps and Divorce, concluded: 'Our interpretation of these findings is that there exists a pure preference for equal distributions of well-being in couples.
'It is possible that couples that are not able to transfer and equalise their happiness levels are more at risk of divorce.'
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