
Emotional well-being: Building better relationships with ourselves and others 113
Building a positive relationship with your romantic
partner
There is a saying, ‘The key to a happy marriage is to marry
a happy person.’ This is great advice – for the happy! Happy
people are probably more likely to be married as they are more
attractive and appealing. Happy people are also more likely to
stay married as happiness and well-being indicate a more opti-
mistic outlook, more resilience and therefore less likelihood of
running for the door at the first sign of trouble. Being happily
married is a good indicator ...