Love Statistic

      Couples who think they are a perfect match are more likely to split up, it was claimed yesterday.
So-called ‘soulmates’ find rows harder to get over than those who see relationships as a journey on which they talk through their problems.
      Professor Spike Lee, of Toronto University, and Professor Norbert Schwarz, of the University of Southern California, asked long-term couples questions relating to ‘unity’ or ‘journey’, and got them to recall conflicts and evaluate their relationship.
     Those with a ‘unity state of mind’ found recalling conflicts made them feel less happy with their relationship. Professor Lee said: 'Our findings corroborate prior research showing people who implicitly think of relationships as perfect unity between soulmates have worse relationships than people who implicitly think of relationships as a journey of growing and working things out. Apparently, different ways of talking and thinking about love relationship lead to different ways of evaluating it.'
   
     So, we shouldn't ask for soulmates anymore? What do you think?