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盲目的爱情让婚姻更幸福？Theysaythatloveisblind.Andthat'sprobablyforthebest.Becauseanewstudyshowsthatpeoplewhogreatlyidealizetheirspouseshavethehappiestmarriages.Forthefirstfewyearsanyway.TheresearchappearsinthejournalPsychologicalScience.Mostpeoplementallyaccentuatetheirpartners'betterqualities.Atleastduringcourtship.Ifwedidn'twhowouldevertietheknot?Butsomefolkstakethesefantasiestocartoonishextremes.Nowyou'dthinksuchpeopleareinforarudeawakeningwhentheyrealizetheymarriedarealhumanbeingwithrealhumanflaws.Butthisnewstudysaysitisn'tso.Researchersrecruited222newlywedcouplesandfollowedthemforthreeyears.Theyperiodicallyaskedthesubjectstodescribethemselvesandtheirpartners.Andtheyfoundthatpeoplewhomaintainedthemostunrealisticviewoftheirbetterhalveswereactuallythemostsatisfiedwiththeirmarriage.Whenthehoneymoon'soveritcouldbethatthosewhoidealizetheirmatesmaybemorelikelytoforgivethetransgressionsthatarisewhenpeoplearenolongerontheirbestbehavior.Whateverthereasonthestudysuggeststhatcouplesshouldexchangerings-androse-coloredglasses.人说爱情是盲目的--很可能这样最好。一项新的研究表明将配偶大大理想化的人拥有最幸福的婚姻--至少最初几年是这样。该项研究发表于《心理科学》期刊。很多人总是更多地看到伴侣身上的优点--至少在求爱期。要不是这样又怎会结此良缘？但有些人将此幻想过分夸大了。你可能会想当这些人意识到他们嫁（娶）的也不过是一个有着各种缺点的普通人时一定会恍然惊醒。相反这项研究表明其实并非如此。研究者招募了222对新婚夫妇做了3年的跟踪研究。他们定期让研究对象描述自己及其伴侣。他们发现那些一直对自己"更好的另一半"持有过于理想看法的人最满意自己的婚姻。当蜜月结束人不再处于最佳表现状态时那些将配偶理想化的人更可能原谅配偶后来出现的种种"不如人意"。不论原因为何该研究结果都表明新人在交换戒指时也交换下"玫瑰色的眼镜"吧。