Defy the Odds: Here’s How to Keep Your Relationship Happy

“Much of the work we can do to safeguard our relationships has to do with our attitudes towards our partner (which then translate into relationship maintenance behaviors). How do we explain our partner’s actions? Do we give the benefit of the doubt and see our partners favorably, or are we quick to blame? Resisting a decline in satisfaction and disillusionment is also buttressed by some grounding in reality. Inflated, unrealistic expectations in our mind can create a large discrepancy between what we expect and what we experience.” Source: Defy the Odds: Here’s How to Keep Your Relationship Happy | Psychology Today