Comments on: Do it for the kids. http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/03/do-it-for-the-kids/ Hot Science Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Robert Gaul http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/03/do-it-for-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-29555 Michael Robert Gaul Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:48:36 +0000 http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/03/do-it-for-the-kids/#comment-29555 A GREAT BIG "NO". I THINK THAT REMAINING IN A MARRIAGE IS DUE TO SELFLESSNESS THAN ANY OTHER FACTOR. WE TEND TO REMAIN AT ILL THAN TO SEEK HEALTH. A GREAT BIG “NO”. I THINK THAT REMAINING IN A MARRIAGE IS DUE TO SELFLESSNESS THAN ANY OTHER FACTOR. WE TEND TO REMAIN AT ILL THAN TO SEEK HEALTH.

]]> By: Russ Foltz-Smith http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/03/do-it-for-the-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-15167 Russ Foltz-Smith Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:00:50 +0000 http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/03/do-it-for-the-kids/#comment-15167 That normative behavior of sticking it out sure is powerful. What's your take on why people stick it out? what about the consequences of getting out of a bad situation are so painful vs. sticking in it? I mean, generally, we tend to avoid loss rather than risk gain. (Sit in a bad job because its there, versus strike out with uncertainty... staying at a college you hate...) Is sticking it out in a marriage an instance of that approach? That normative behavior of sticking it out sure is powerful.

What’s your take on why people stick it out? what about the consequences of getting out of a bad situation are so painful vs. sticking in it?

I mean, generally, we tend to avoid loss rather than risk gain. (Sit in a bad job because its there, versus strike out with uncertainty… staying at a college you hate…)

Is sticking it out in a marriage an instance of that approach?

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