How Happy Couples Make it Work

Everyone wants to the know the secrets to a happy marriage. But usually, the tips we find in magazines or online are all “quick fixes” like “go on fun dates” or “don’t criticize”. While those are great, any married couple will tell you that a real long-lasting union requires so much more. Claire Vande Polder wanted to find the foundational relationship advice that successful married couples swear by. She wrote the book Making Marriage Happy: Hard-Won Wisdom from Real Couples, and today she’ll be giving us her top five things real couples do to make it work. Claire Vande Polder is a longtime TV producer and author.