Web MD: "Idealizing" your spouse makes an ideal marriage

Release Date: March 3, 2011 This content is archived.

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An article on WebMD reports a new study has found that people who idealized their partners when they got married were more likely to still be happy with their mate three years later, and quotes Sandra Murray, professor of psychology. "People are very good at changing their definitions to match how they want to see themselves and how they want to see others," she said.

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