Men Are Happier When They're Married Than Women

Richard Slatcher: Paul Dole's quote about married people saying they were miserable when their partners left the room was based on a misinterpretation of how data were collected. He says research shows that men tend to be happier if they're in a relationship, more or less, regardless of the quality of that relationship. That's not true for the women in partnerships with those men. Quality matters more than whether it's a satisfying, rewarding, intimate connection makes more of a difference for women's happiness than it does for men's happiness.