Men Try Romantic Fixes to Solve Relationship Troubles
The Herald Sunreports on a study that found unsurprisingly that men get more romantic when they believe a relationship is in trouble. When there are relationship troubles the study found men trying romantic fixes while women were more likely to want to try and discuss the issue.
Couples most commonly tried to improve their relationships by spending time together -- but this was true for 33 per cent of women and only 23 per cent of men.
And when asked what the best thing about their relationship was, women were more likely than men to list friendship, love and support.
Men were more likely than women to list compatibility, the length of the relationship and doing things together.
Women are more open to discussing relationship problems with outsiders -- 70 per cent of women do so, compared with 60 per cent of men.
The study - called the Relationships Indicators Survey - also looked at what causes problems in relationships. The biggest problems were issues of careers and trying to balance work and family. Financial troubles probably ranked high but the article didn't list the percentages for financial woes.
