SECRET OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE? THE WIFE SHOULD BE 27% SMARTER THAN HER HUSBAND
Courtesy of Richard Metzger at Dangerous Minds
All I can say is that it works for us!
The academic study, published in the European Journal of Operational Research looked at 1,074 couples aged between 19 and 75 years, to find which social factors were most important to a long and happy relationship.
Besides the man being five years older than his bride, and that his bride should share the same heritage, they concluded that a wife should be at least 27 per cent more intelligent than her husband. She should also hold a degree, while he should not.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the academics found that marrying a divorcee reduced the chance of wedded bliss.
Nguyen Vi Cao, who led the research, promised: “If people follow these guidelines in choosing their partners they can increase their chances of a happy, long marriage by up to 20 per cent.”
Relationship experts thought there might be something in the research.
Kate Figes, who interviewed 120 people for her recent book on understanding relationship, Couples, said: “Aren’t most women the more intelligent in a relationship anyway? That’s my first reaction.”
Scientists find mathematical formula for the perfect wife (Telegraph)
