Olga Khazan,The Atlantic
Tall, gloomy, and handsome,amusing, kind, or grand with kids,six-figure salary, a harsh but unbiased critic of my creative output ... the list of things people want from their spouses and partners has grown substantially in recent decades. So argues Eli Finkel, or a professor of social psychology at Northwestern University in his new book,The All-or-Nothing Marriage.
As Finkel explains, it's no longer enough for a contemporary marriage to simply provide a moment pair of strong hands to help tend the homestead, or even just a nice-enough person who happens to be from the same neighborhood.
Source: realclearscience.com