7 Things All Happy Married Couples Do

12:40 - 16 October 2014

There are several things that happy couples do to make their marriage fun and long-lasting. Check out some of them here.

There is not a married couple in the world who doesn't look at other couples and compare themselves. Are we as happy as them? Is our marriage as good?

It goes the other way, too. We are SO glad not to be them. Wow, I must be really lucky that my husband doesn't do what her husband does. And on. And on.

Doing this is only natural. We all want to know how our relationships stack up and how we measure up. Are we as happy as we could be? Or are there ways we could improve our love and make it better? The truth is, there always are.

So what do happy couples do differently? What are the tricks and special things that make one marriage last for decades while others fizzle out quickly?

Some marriage experts to give us their thoughts on 7 things happy couples do to keep their spark alive year after year.

Obviously we are leaving out a host of other things couples can and should be doing -- sex and affection being at the top of that list -- but these are some of the more unusual gestures and habits that keep couples happy through the years.

In the end, it's not the big things that end marriages (at least not always), it's the little things that build up over time. Don't let that happen in yours.