
The Secret for a Happy Relationship or Marriage M arriage expert John Gottman can sit with newly engaged couples for 15 minutes or less and predict with 94% success. The likelihood of whether that couple will be happily married or miserable and divorced. what is his secret? How does he do it? He says the key to relationship success does not lie in candlelight dinners. it is not found in trips to paris or horse and carriage rides under moonlit skies. It is not found in getting your partner a different gift every other week. And it is not found during long walk on the beach. G ottman says the most important factor for a happy marriage is attention. small moments of positive attention. When i heard this, I thought about my mom. When i was six, she told me that it was the little things that make the big difference. And as i look back on my parents' failed marriage, i see that it was those little things that eventually became non-existent and if you're reading th...