Love’s language: Couples who say ‘we’ happier
6 Feb
Study: Those who refer to selves as as ‘us,’ ‘we’ have healthier relationships
Micki Sievwright hugs her husband, Dane, as they head out for the evening in the west Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colo. They are working on saying “we” rather than “me.”
Micki Sievwright has a new set of wheels that her husband constantly refers to as “my truck.” The same goes for their apartment and the backyard grill.
Turns out the pronouns the Denver couple use count for more than mere semantics in the long haul. A new study suggests that “we” language used between spouses in times of conflict goes along with less negative behavior and signs of stress in lengthy marriages.
Previous studies have indicated that use of inclusive pronouns that include “we,” “our” and “us” — versus “I,” “me” and “you” — are evidence of marital satisfaction in younger couples like Sievwright and hubby Dane (more…)
