Couples who are ‘boring’ together have longer relationships, expert says

You might be reading this as you travel home from work, ready for a big night of doing absolutely nowt with your partner – you may already be on the sofa together (if so I’m jealous).

Well if your plans this weekend consist of settling down with a takeaway and watching some Netflix with your other half, then we’ve got some good news for you.

An expert has said that couples who are ‘boring’ together are more likely to have longer relationships – so crack a couple of beers and take a seat.

According to Mark Manson, the author of The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck, a relationship needs to be ‘as boring as possible’ to last a long time.

He told Business Insider: “That sounds really weird to people but if you think about it, a really happy 80-year-old couple that’s been together for 60 years, the reason that they’ve been together for 60 years, it isn’t because they took all these private jets and they had their crazy vacations and ‘Oh my God, look at their pictures’.

“It’s because they were able to be boring together. They are able to spend year after year, sitting around the house, talking about the same boring stuff, watching TV, watching movies, cooking dinner, and it went fine. There was nothing exciting, there’s nothing blowing up, there’s no huge drama and dishes flying.”

He adds that we often feel pressure to not come across as boring – with social media adding to this need to be interesting all the time – but the traits that make someone exciting can often make them a ‘really horrible person to be with romantically’.

Mark wants to make embracing boredom ‘okay again’, so if you’re sat on the sofa with your partner binging Netflix tonight – well done, you guys are doing alright.