Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Is Love the Best Predictor of Marital Happiness?

28 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Dennis Prager challenges the common societal emphasis on love as the primary foundation of a romantic relationship. He proposes that the ability to genuinely enjoy each other's company may be a more reliable long‑term predictor of marital happiness and success. Prager notes that people of all ages—young, middle‑aged, or older—often ask whether they love their partner, but he suggests reframing the question to "Do you enjoy each other?" He argues that this enjoyment factor, though rarely discussed, could better forecast the durability of a marriage than love alone.

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We talk in our society a tremendous amount about love. Now, is it ideal and is it wonderful that a couple love each other? Of course. But I would like to offer a thought that there might be something even more important, and that is, do you enjoy each other? And it is not an idea that is spoken of much. When two people are dating, Young, middle-aged, older, it doesn't matter. Do you love her? Do you love him? Right? That's the first question, let's say, a relative or a dear friend might ask. I have come to start asking when I meet young couples, for example, you enjoy her? You enjoy him? And I think that that might be, in the long run, a better predictor of marital success than the question of love.