I have known a few good marriages, but very few. And others look to me like they're pretty miserable. I don't really think that's a recipe for happiness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.
Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.
There is no guarantee what will give you happiness any which way. I know many married people who are unhappy.
Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time.
The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.
I have a very happy marriage and friends who keep my feet on the ground. But looking for satisfaction in life is difficult. Maybe being happy is as simple as not being unhappy.
It's not marriage that I crave. Many of my friends who have married are pretty miserable. Within a year and a half, most of them are either unhappy or divorced.
A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.
I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single.
All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.