Happiness, and we have the numbers to prove it

 A study in 1998 collected data on 18,000 adults in the US and 16 other nations. Researchers concluded that "The results offer perhaps the most sweeping and strongest evidence to date in support of the relationship between marital status and happiness." In 16 out of 17 countries, married couples displayed significantly higher levels of happiness than single, divorced, or the widowed.  

The interesting results don't stop there.

Living together in a cohabitation relationship had the opposite results - decreased chances of happiness, health, and financial security.

Keep the happiness going strong!
Protect your marriage by finding ways to be fiercely loyal to each other.  

Here are some suggestions to discuss: 

1. Resist the desire to rescue an unhappy soul who pours his or her heart out to you.

2. Don't share the most painful things of your soul with an attractive alternative. This develops deep levels of intimacy.

3. If conversation makes light of marriage, respond with something positive about your own marriage.

4. Discuss marital issues with your spouse. Work on the problems at home. If you do need to talk to someone else about your marriage, be sure he or she is a friend of the marriage.

5. Don't have lunch or take work breaks with the same person all the time.

6. Don't have lunch alone with an old flame.

7. If an old boyfriend or girlfriend is going to be at a class reunion, make sure you bring your spouse along.

8. When you travel with a coworker, meet only in public places.

9. Don't flirt with anyone other than your spouse.

10. Don't travel together with someone of the opposite sex when going to meetings for work, church, or in other circumstances. 

 - Taken from Successful Marriages and Families