For example, a couple with only a high school education stays married longer than a couple in which one spouse has a masters degree and the other has a sophmore levell education.Do couples with similar education backgrounds do better than couples with different education backgrounds?
This is true in my opinion but can be overcome depending on how much of an effort the couple makes to save the relationship. I have a Master鈥檚 degree. My boyfriend has a high school diploma. There is a $35,000 difference in our salary as of now. We have been together for six years and it has worked. He helps me save and I help him use his money more wisely. I treat him like a man is supposed to be treated. I never let it show that there is an income disparity between the two. We make household decisions together.
It has worked and it will work. But if you are a female that needs your man to shower you with expensive things, it can鈥檛 work鈥ver.Do couples with similar education backgrounds do better than couples with different education backgrounds?
What do academic credentials have to do with marriage??
not necessarily...if the high school graduate didn't go to university because of money situation then I do not think that it could be a problem in a relationship...it depends on your IQ and knowledge not on your degree...being smart is good enough and makes a big difference :-)
Dam, education is never a factor until one or both partners start making it an important factor. Now, I am not down playing education, there is no degree to get married. Each couple should help each other out instead of putting themselves on a pedestal. Marriage is about up lifting each other not putting them down
I think you have more in common, but it doesn't mean you'll do better. Personality is what counts.
Now, if the one who went to college acts superior, then there is a problem.
As oppposed to many here I DO think that a common experience is important for longevity. One of the more important common issues is education.
It is difficult to understand the college experience if you have never been there. It would reflect a big piece of life for which there is no common understanding.
I'm sure that many get over this difference but it should be easier to understand each other with some common background.
Well, in the good old days, a woman did not attend college for a carrer. She attended so she could engage her husband in intelllectual conversation. It was her place to encourage and support her husband and a woman who didn't know her right from left wouldn't be one that a man would be able to talk to as an adult. So I do say yes education level does play a role in a happy marriage.
If you mean stay married longer or survive in the marriage better I would say the education is a helpful background for jobs and providing for the family. In my opinion I would say no as other factors make this work stronger than just schooling. The love of two people is where I set this question. If two people love each other and want to have a life together, their educational backgrounds make no difference. Egos have to take some back step with love if they want to keep the marriage solvent. Wife=Husband are two partners that co-exist as one.
I don't know any statistics on this - I am curious if anyone can pull out any REAL statistics.
Relationships survive because of mutual trust and honesty. So if you love and respect each each other, you are in for a long marriage. And if there is no love and respect, no degree or lack thereof will make up for it.
i dont think its relevant!
i have a masters degree and my guy has a high school education and its never an issue for us!! he admires my achievement of course but i learn so much from him too...
there are people who expect me to date a guy with a similiar education but i love my guy because he is fun and i love his sense of humour and his carefree attitude in life sooo no we work together just fine!
Emotional maturity is not something we get a diploma for.
it makes no odds
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