“The researchers found that relationship satisfaction tends to decrease from age 20 to age 40.”
A meta-analysis of 95 papers and more than 165,000 people puts the low point at 40, then a climb to 65. The first 10 years of a relationship tend to slide too. The researchers admit they don’t have the data to explain why. Mortgages, toddlers and peak career pressure all land in the same decade. Start there.