Is It True That Couples Who Laugh Together Last Together? — Be Your Own Brand of Sexy

Dr. Susan Edelman
5 min readApr 6, 2024

Picture this: you’re on a first date with a charming gentleman who regales you with tales of his misadventures in cooking. As he recounts the time he mistook salt for sugar and ended up with a culinary catastrophe, you find yourself unable to suppress a giggle. In that moment, something shifts between you-an invisible bond forged through shared laughter.

We’ve all heard the classic relationship advice — the key to a lasting romance is to be with someone who makes you laugh. And it’s true that sharing humor and not taking yourself too seriously is incredibly important. Laughter relieves stress, creates intimacy through bonding over inside jokes, and even makes your partner more attractive to you in those smiling moments.

Studies and surveys have found that couples who laugh together, stay together. The amount of time that couples spend laughing is linked with the quality of their relationships and how close and supportive the couple is.

Laughing is a great way to diffuse an otherwise tense situation. Disagree about something? Joke about it. Joking can take the edge off and make it easier to live with disagreement. Remember, every couple, no matter how healthy the relationship, will have conflicts. Living harmoniously with disagreements is far more…

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Dr. Susan Edelman

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