{"id":12351,"date":"2015-02-04T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/?p=12351"},"modified":"2025-03-16T03:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T03:23:25","slug":"why-silliness-is-key-to-a-great-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/2015\/02\/04\/why-silliness-is-key-to-a-great-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Silliness Is Key To a Great Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If I had to pick one thing that I’d attribute to my ongoing 37 year love affair with my husband, it would be humor. Yes, other traits are just as important, but humor is the thing that sticks out first and foremost to me. It has helped us through some dark times and kept us in a youthful state of mind. Our bond has grown stronger through the years and a big part of that is our ability to laugh at ourselves, each other and to have fun together.<\/p>\n

The research is in on the subject: People with a sense of humor have less illness and stress<\/span>.<\/span> Laughing releases chemical endorphins into the body that uplift mood, ease pain and reduce blood pressure. It also activates T-Cells which kick in your immune system.\u00a0 Laughter can immediately defuse negative energy in an otherwise tense situation and it keeps our outlook positive by putting things into perspective, which is why it’s so important in relationships.<\/p>\n

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Silly memories are some of the best<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> Roy loves to tell the story of when we’d just started dating and I went to his work and\u00a0 tied a huge rope all around his car every direction. That was in 1976. He just told that story again to someone last week!\u00a0 A more recent one he shares is when he was falling asleep in the living room chair while we were talking so I started shooting spit wads at him. Our daughter Amy joined\u00a0 me and by the time he woke he was covered in them. That was 2006.<\/p>\n

One of my own memories is from 2008. I was away from home for a couple of days and I got an email from Roy saying that our house had been invaded by aliens. He attached photos to prove it. Read that full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The memories that come from the crazy things couples do for each other can be some of the most powerful because they symbolize the spirit of the relationship.\u00a0 Just thinking about them makes us smile and we love sharing them with others as they prove how much we are loved and how awesome our partner is.<\/p>\n

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