For The Family Man....The Nagging Gets Worse?

Ahhhhh, the married life. Or even the long time girlfriend life for that matter. I am bringing the family men out there a doomsday original. This is a piece on relationships with your spouse and how levels of irritation are destined to get worse. The study stresses that demand and irritation didn't become more frequent amongst children and friends.

The University of Michigan's Institute for Social Researches lead study author Kira Birditt explains that as we age and get more comfortable, we start to overflow with expression. She believes that it is a normal part of a relationship.

Here is an exert of the study involving 800 individuals,

"Each participant rated how strongly they agreed or disagreed with two statements:

* "My (spouse/partner, child, friend) gets on my nerves."
* "My (spouse/partner, child, friend) makes too many demands on me."

"In all age groups, individuals reported viewing their spouse as the most negative compared with children and friends. The negative view of spouses tended to increase over time."

I know that there are guys out there that can get a little more irritating in time but that is a direct result of the old lady being irritating.

So what can we do about this.

Stay away from each other. Seriously. Go out. Tell her to go out. The less we are around our spouses the less we can be irritated. Of course if going out becomes too much of a habit, then that can get quite irritating in itself. Especially if you have kids.

Check out the whole article by Jeanna Bryner at LiveScience.