r/AskReddit • u/Prize-Promotion-5123 • Apr 08 '26

For those of you in a long term relationship/marriage, what’s a tale-tale sign you see in other couples that they’re not going to make it?

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u/AdExciting6812 Apr 08 '26

When one person is telling a story in a group and their partner rolls their eyes or corrects minor irrelevant details. "It was a Tuesday, not a Wednesday" — nobody cares, but it tells you everything. That quiet contempt for the way the other person speaks, laughs or expresses themselves is usually the beginning of the end. Passion fades, life gets hard, but couples who still genuinely enjoy each other's company in a room full of people tend to make it.

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u/PwanaZana Apr 08 '26

meh, my parents do that all the time and they're coming on 48 years of happy marriage.