"All told, more than 1.3 million men and women have been surveyed over the last 40 years, both here in the U.S. and in developed countries around the world. Wherever researchers have been able to collect reliable data on happiness, the finding is always the same: greater educational, political, and employment opportunities have corresponded to decreases in life happiness for women, as compared to men."
apologies
07:35 PM
Most people are lousy at apologies. The big problem is that too many apologize to make themselves feel better.
Wikihow has a thorough article on How to Apologize. Sincerity and tone are critical. Own the specific behavior you did. Joking and excuse making undercut loads of apologies. However, the number one poisoner of apologies is that magical qualifier "if". "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." If you don't know if you hurt their feelings, why are you apologizing? "If" has no place in any apology, ever.
Making amends seals the deal. It shows you are willing to back up your admission with action. This article is realistic: sometimes a person just isn't ready to forgive you. Just because you apologized, don't expect everything to be fixed right now. But your odds of forgiveness go way up when you do it right.
