About 88 percent of married Americans say they are happy or reasonably content in their marriages. And three-quarters report that their sex lives are reasonably fulfilling.
That's according to a new national poll of 1,001 married Americans commissioned by Parade magazine.
"Hollywood spins the constant fiction that romance and sex are fulfilling only outside of marriage, but the facts support just the opposite — marriage is the source of relationship fulfillment," said Jenny Tyree, marriage analyst for Focus on the Family Action. "We were designed for deep, relational intimacy, and it makes sense that the stronger our commitment, the greater capacity for emotional and physical intimacy."
The respondents also gave positive explanations for why they have stayed married, with 71 percent choosing "deep love" as a reason and 73 percent citing "companionship."
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