To the people who think the man who was never good enough for their daughter, but could still father the best grandchild in the world... This was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal online today:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323713104578137222992767676.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
The Power of the Son-in-Law
Research Shows That Charming Your Wife's Parents Helps Make a Marriage Last
... Dr. Orbuch, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, is studying 373 same-race couples who were between the ages of 25 and 37 and in their first year of marriage when the study began in 1986. Dr. Orbuch asked the newlyweds each to rate, on a scale of one to four, how close they felt to their in-laws. She has followed them over time to collect data, including whether they remained married. The results will be published in a coming issue of the journal Family Relations.
In couples where the husband initially reported being close to his wife's parents, the risk of divorce over the next 16 years was 20% lower than for the group overall. Yet when the wife reported being close to her in-laws, that seemed to have the opposite effect: The risk of divorce with these couples was 20% higher. ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323713104578137222992767676.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
The Power of the Son-in-Law
Research Shows That Charming Your Wife's Parents Helps Make a Marriage Last
... Dr. Orbuch, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, is studying 373 same-race couples who were between the ages of 25 and 37 and in their first year of marriage when the study began in 1986. Dr. Orbuch asked the newlyweds each to rate, on a scale of one to four, how close they felt to their in-laws. She has followed them over time to collect data, including whether they remained married. The results will be published in a coming issue of the journal Family Relations.
In couples where the husband initially reported being close to his wife's parents, the risk of divorce over the next 16 years was 20% lower than for the group overall. Yet when the wife reported being close to her in-laws, that seemed to have the opposite effect: The risk of divorce with these couples was 20% higher. ...