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What Is the Secret to a Good Marriage?

Real Simple readers share the little things that keep their marriages strong

What Is the Secret to a Good Marriage?
Andrew McCaul
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Kissing every day, even when you don’t feel like it.
Su-Ren Leong
Kalamazoo, Michigan

I once asked an elderly neighbor this very same question. He and his wife had been married more than 50 years. He replied, “Oh, my dear, it’s really very simple. My wife and I agreed long ago that I’d make all the big decisions and she’d make all the little decisions. And in all these years together, there just haven’t been any big decisions.”
Cecilia Saad
Washington, D.C.

Separate bathrooms.
Nikki Marks
Bedminster, New Jersey

My husband’s wireless headphones during football season.
Sabrina Comstock
Arlington, Virginia

Wine.
Lisa Viselli
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan


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