How to keep your relationship strong, in five easy steps
Many people try to find the perfect partner or try to change the person they are with, but it s so much more than that
Evaluating the state of your relationship always helps to put things into perspective
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We know a lot about the causes of relationship breakups, thanks largely to the work of John Gottman at the University of Oregon. In one study of couples with nursery-age children his team were able to predict with 93.6 per cent accuracy which pairs would split up within three years. In another – this time with newlyweds – the team predicted with 87 per cent accuracy which pairs would separate within 4-6 years and with 81 per cent accuracy which would go their separate ways within 7-9 years.