A good argument with your spouse could be just what the doctor ordered. Preliminary results from a survey of married couples suggest that disputing husbands and wives who hold in their anger die earlier than expressive couples. (Yahoo! News)

OK, I love love love my husband. It doesn’t mean we don’t get at it sometimes. You see, we’re humans, we have disagreements; I have a short fuse, he’s got a strong temper. And while he would like NOT to have any kind of argument ever, I once told him it’s bound to happen. Otherwise it would be boring to be on the same page all the time. Yeah, I’m probably a weird person, but from personal experience I can say that I prefer a blowout from time to time, and not someone bottling it all up for years until freaking H bomb goes off, with devastating consequences.

One of the things John likes the best about me, is that when we have a fight we talk about it, we find the solution right away, and then I forget the issue and won’t mention it again. I like the fact that he won’t be happy until things are OK between us, and we won’t go to bed angry with each other. He’s even been late for work a few times because I give him a hard time, he simply won’t let it go until the fight is over.

According to this study, we’re going to live long… and happy. :-)