We all love a good laugh. Recent research tells us there are all sorts of great hormonal and biochemical benefits to laughter. It lowers your blood pressure and heart rate and promotes health and overall well-being. In other words, laughter is good for your health. So what does this have to do with offering relationship advice for this week? You now know that laughter is good for your physical health, but did you know that laughter and a sense of humor is key for keeping your relationship together as well?
Many times people take themselves way too seriously. Everything is a big deal. Sure, we are living in a time of financial and political turmoil, but that doesn’t mean we have to lose our sense of humor and the ability to laugh at ourselves and our partner as we meander our way through life.
Why is the ability to laugh and maintain a sense of humor so important to the health of our relationship? Well, long after everything else in our relationship is gone, the single thing left standing is often our sense of humor. Our sense of humor is the glue that binds our relationship together during the good and the bad times. If we lose our ability to laugh at ourselves and our partner, we lose the glue that binds us together in our relationship and the relationship becomes unglued.
Lighten up and laugh a little at yourself and each other. Laughter is essential to your happiness and makes difficult situations seem less stressful.
Your relationship is bound to run into some stormy seas. Navigating these stormy waters isn’t made any easier by losing your sense of humor. As a matter of fact, I would prefer to be with a partner who can laugh at the stressful moments of life than be with a partner who is cursing like a sailor at every little wave that tosses our boat a little off course.
Laughter and a sense of humor is worth its weight in gold in your relationship. Laughter is essential to your individual happiness and the key to happiness in your relationship.
Laugh with your partner. Share funny stories about your day and your encounters with people. Look at the lighter of side of life – everything isn’t doom and gloom.
If you can laugh and keep your sense of humor when your relationship hits stormy seas, you will certainly survive the storm and sail onwards to brighter days!
Building Together A Relationship Filled With Love, Health & Wealth,
Dr. Patty Ann
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Humor is indeed an important ingredient to a great marriage. Being your spouse’s best friend – and being completely open with your spouse – will allow you to feel free in expressing your humor with each other. My wife and I are best friends and humor is a major part of our lives. We even chronicle our life in very humorous ways on our blog site – http://www.thetravelingtwosome.com
We blog about places we go in town and out of town as well as our fun adventures at home. Over the months, we’ve had people tell us that reading about our good times has actually encouraged them to become closer as a friend – and doing silly things – with their spouse.
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