Happy Relationship Statistics
Percentage of people that report they are happy in their relationships.
What is 60%?
This percentage of couples experienced decreased relationship satisfaction after the birth of their first child.
What is 90%?
Gottman claims friendship is the number one key to a long lasting relationship. The quality of friendship determines this percentage of sense of satisfaction for both men and women.
What is 70%?
This song is the most popular song from The Lion King.
What is "Hakuna Matata"?
Percentage of happy couples that report being in a relationship where their partner is also their best friend.
What is 65%?
Married couples are at a 35% divorce risk if they argue about this subject once per week.
What are finances?
Gottman's research claims this percentage of long-term disputes cannot ever be fully resolved.
What is 69%?
This is the name of Jack Sparrow's ship.
What is the Black Pearl?
Those in satisfying relationships spend at least this amount of time (hours) a week talking.
42% of people in a relationship wait this amount of time to break up with their partner after making up their mind.
What is one week?
Gottman can predict with great accuracy whether or not a relationship will work by watching how a couple handles arguments for this amount of time.
What is 15 minutes?
This is the globally cited favorite color.
What is blue?
Percentage of people that are very satisfied with their communication patterns in their romantic relationship.
What is 64%?
Both genders cited these as the top two breakup factors.
What is ‘growing apart’ and ‘arguments’?
According to Gottman, when married men don't do this their divorce rate is 81%.
What is let your partner influence you?
This is the oldest major soft drink in America.
What is Dr. Pepper?
The most reported green flags in relationships (must get 5/8 for points!).
Statistic of both married women and married men that have admitted to being unfaithful.
What is 13% of married women and 20% of married men?
Gottman created what he calls the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (the worst things you can do during a conflict).
What is Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling (refusing to discuss the matter at all or anymore)?
This is the pop star that accidentally set fire to her home gym with candles.
Who is Britney Spears?