Dr. Laurie Santos

The day that you have your wedding, everything's perfect and beautiful.

The day that you have your wedding, everything's perfect and beautiful.

And you're really like, oh, my God, I love you.

And you're really like, oh, my God, I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

But two years in, three years in, you just get used to it.

But two years in, three years in, you just get used to it.

It's not that anything's gotten bad.

It's not that anything's gotten bad.

It's just that you stopped getting the same pleasure out of stuff that's good.

It's just that you stopped getting the same pleasure out of stuff that's good.

And this can be really problematic for relationships because it means you're not enjoying the stuff that really is objectively still good.

And this can be really problematic for relationships because it means you're not enjoying the stuff that really is objectively still good.

But there are ways we can do better with that.

But there are ways we can do better with that.

You know, you mentioned savoring and savoring is something that you really can do in a marriage, right?

You know, you mentioned savoring and savoring is something that you really can do in a marriage, right?

Just go back to your partner's looks of like, oh my gosh, I do love my husband's smile.

Just go back to your partner's looks of like, oh my gosh, I do love my husband's smile.