It's often said that silence is golden in relationships. Now, a new study has confirmed that it really is true, particularly for couples who are married for years.
It's often said that silence is golden in relationships. Now, a new study has confirmed that it really is true, particularly for couples who are married for years.
Researchers in Britain have carried out the study and found that after 50 years of marriage, most couples chat for three minutes over dinner, exchanging just 150 words. Even then three of them are likely to be "pass the ketchup".
Before marriage, people chat excitedly about careers, friends, music, babies for an average of 50 minutes in every 60 minutes.
But that tails off sharply after marriage. Immediately they will be down to 40 minutes an hour, which will almost halve to 21 minutes after 20 years and drop again to 16 minutes after 30 years, the Daily Express reported.
Having children only exacerbates the problem, the survey of 500 British couples by casual dating website ForgetDinner.co.uk. found.
Parents spoke to each other for only 10 minutes over an hour-long meal, while speaking for 35 minutes to their children.
A spokesman said: "Sometimes they chat on their mobile phones for 30 minutes while the other person picked away at their salad."
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