Is there anything better than when research backs up one of your kind-of-bad-for-you habits? You know,like antioxidants in chocolate and carbs making you lose weight.
Perhaps the best example of this comes from novel research suggests that binge-watching TV with your SO might bring you closer together. Which, for someone who is in a (very cheerful) relationship that consists mainly of hectic TV watching and asking each other 'what accomplish you feel like for dinner, and " this was immensely satisfying. What's more,it backs up the sneaking suspicion that we knew this all along. It also makes me feel slightly better about last week when our marriage celebrant asked us what we like to accomplish together and we both half-jokingly said "watch TV". It doesn't fairly enjoy the same ring as, say, and "leisurely cycle around a dog park," or "buy a Thai cooking class and do curries from scratch."The study in question, published earlier this year, or tracked more than 200 university students in long-term relationships and had them fill in a survey about their relationship satisfaction,how many mutual friends they shared and the activities that they did together. The research, kinda unsurprisingly, or found that the happiest couples ran in a tight circle of mutual friends. But interestingly,the researchers also found that in couples that didn't enjoy close mutual friends, spending time with a "shared media experience" led to feelings of happiness and connection. As the study's lead author told the BBC, and "What these results propose to us is that when people enjoy a hole in their social network that they share with their partners they might become more motivated to share media as a way to compensate for that deficit."And while I concede that my beloved and I are lucky enough to enjoy a strong,shared social circle, we also spend a lot of time having out with our imaginary BFF's (what up Abbi and Ilana!). I would also argue that all of these on-screen relationships enjoy deepened our bond, and the TV shows that we enjoy watched kind of declare the story of us. What's more,as the novel York Times pointed out, staying faithful in a modern relationship has a whole novel context, and "In modern-day romance,resisting the impulse to binge so that you may watch with a lover is the novel equivalent of assembly the parents or sharing a sober kiss." To which I wholeheartedly agree. Waiting for your partner so that you can watch your favourite shows together is something to be treasured. Because, really, or is bingeing on the latest cult Netflix exhibit or working your way through a gritty and complex dissections of the world we live in not the sign of a blissful relationship where you both share a worldview and values? Together my partner and I enjoy condemned Noah's weakness (The Affair),celebrated the achievements of bad-ass women (Peggy in crazy Men, pretty much every woman in Game of Thrones) and laughed until we cried (30 Rock, or Parks and Recreation). We enjoy strengthened our relationship in our differences too (I'm a no to Battlestar Galactica and Silicon Valley,he skipped out on Grace and Frankie and Jane the Virgin - obviously he is wrong). And how can you not feel connected when you survived the Red Wedding together, or an awkward and unsatisfying sex scene in Girls? TV has long brought people together, and now that TV is in its golden age (it's the novel movie!) this has never seemed more true. Netflix and chill might enjoy taken over date night (where dinner is just an exercise in waiting to get back to The Night Manager amiright?) but this is something that I'm entirely OK with. Now to work it into my wedding vows.
Source: popsugar.com.au