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The New York Times recently ran an interesting article headlined The Happy Marriage Is the \u2018Me\u2019 Marriage.<\/a>
\nTara Parker-Pope wrote about not what makes a marriage last but what makes it meaningful, including the ways your partner makes your life better:<\/p>\n

Dr. Aron and Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., a professor at Monmouth University in New Jersey, have studied how individuals use a relationship to accumulate knowledge and experiences, a process called \u201cself-expansion.\u201d Research shows that the more self-expansion people experience from their partner, the more committed and satisfied they are in the relationship.
\nTo measure this, Dr. Lewandowski developed a series of questions for couples: How much has being with your partner resulted in your learning new things? How much has knowing your partner made you a better person? (Take the full quiz measuring self-expansion<\/a>.)
\n\u201cIf you\u2019re seeking self-growth and obtain it from your partner, then that puts your partner in a pretty important position,\u201d he explains. \u201cAnd being able to help your partner\u2019s self-expansion would be pretty pleasing to yourself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article here.<\/a>
\nThis notion of self expansion being correlated to relationship satisfaction makes so much sense to me. A good mate should help you be a better version of yourself, \u00a0including experiencing things you might not otherwise.
\nMaintaining a healthy marriage takes work, and we want some payoff for that effort. Having a partner who makes your life richer than it would be if you’re alone seems like the return on the investment of your effort.
\nWhat do you think makes marriage meaningful?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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