Getting together with someone who has a good sense of humor is a one-way ticket to years of laughter. And these girlfriends and wives are living proof of it. They’re bold, creative, and their jokes make their partners love them even more.
Relationships can get way too serious sometimes, especially when stress from work, kids, and expenses start taking a toll on everyday life. Laughing together, on the other hand, creates a feeling of warmth, relaxation, and bonding, and can even stimulate physical attraction.
So give a round of applause for these women who know the power of a wide smile, and upvote the gags you would use on your significant other as well.
#1 Sleepy Girlfriend
#2 I Won
Interestingly, there isabundantcross-cultural evidencethat shows that being funnymakes you more desirableas a mate.
“Fordating couples, use of positive humor (for example, using humor to cheer up your date) can positively contribute to relationship satisfaction. The use of aggressive humor, on the other hand (teasing and making fun of your partner) has the opposite effect. These feelings can fluctuate on a day-to-day basis depending on each partner’s use of humor,” evolutionary psychologist Gil Greengross wrote in The Conversation.
#3 She’s A Keeper
#4 My GF Proposed To Me Today
#5 My Friend’s Birthday Gift To Her Husband: A Fantastic Painting Of Their Derperman Pinscher
For long-term commitments, such as in marriages, couples generally share a similar sense of humor, but these similarities are not associated with greater marital satisfaction. Nor are they directly connected with longer marriages. “Perhaps not surprisingly, the research that resulted in this finding also found that couples with fewer children laugh more, compared to couples with a larger number of children,” Greengross said.
“In another study, conducted with 3,000 married couples from five countries, both husbands and wives were found to be happier with a humorous partner, but this trait was reported to be more important for the marital satisfaction of the wives than the husbands. Interestingly, both husbands and wives thought that the husband was humorous more often. Regardless, married couples overwhelmingly say that humor has a positive impact on their marriages.”
#6 My Son Was Born Today. I Am Away, But My Wife Sent Me This. I Am Beyond Excited
#7 New Favorite Hobby: Photoshopping My Cat Into Movie Posters And Setting Them As My Fiance’s Phone Background
#8 My Mom Made This For My Dad Because He’s Going To Vegas This Weekend Without Her”
#9 GF Proposed That I Should Take A Pic Of Her In The Bath Today. Not What I Expected, But Turned Out Pretty Cool Anyway
But what happens when things aren’t going so well? True, humor is a great ice breaker and a social lubricant, but it’s not a universal solution for everything.
“In one study, researchers observed 60 newlywed couples when they discussed a problem in their marriage. They coded how much humor was used in the conversation. The couples also completed a measure of life stress. What researchers found when they followed up 18 months later was quite surprising. In couples that reported high stress, the more the husband used humor, the greater the chance the couple would separate or divorce,” Greengross explained.
#10 Marry Her Faster
#11 Some Wives Be All Sexy And I Be Like
#12 Wife Modified A 5-Year-Old Birthday Card For My Brother’s 35th
#13 Yes, This Is Actually How I Told My Husband We Were Pregnant Again
By contrast, inanother studywith 130 married couples, a wife’s use of humor predicted greater marital stability over six years, but only if it led to a decrease in their husband’s heart rate too. In other words, if the wife can defuse the situation and calm her husband with humor, then it’s beneficial to their marriage.
“These two studies show the disparate function of humor for men and women,” Greengross said. “For men, humor might serve as a way to distract from dealing with problems in the relationship, perhaps in an attempt to reduce their own anxiety. Women, on the other hand, may use humor to create a more relaxed atmosphere that can facilitate reconciliation.”
#14 My Wife Took This Unflattering Photo While I Was Cleaning The Living Room
#15 My Wife Hid This In Our Backyard And Waited Days For Me To Discover It
#16 When I First Told My Wife I Loved Her, She Replied With “That’s Dangerous”. When We Married A Year Ago She Snuck This Inscription Into My Ring
#17 Wife Is Breastfeeding And I’m In Bed
“In recent years, there has been muchresearchon the topics ofgelotophobia(the fear of being laughed at),gelotophilia(the joy of being laughed at), and katagelasticism (the joy of laughing at others),” the evolutionary psychologist pointed out.
“Onestudywith a sample of 154 heterosexual young couples, who had been together an average of six years, examined whether any of these dispositions had a bearing on relationship satisfaction. You might expect that a person who likes being laughed at would be a good match with a partner that likes laughing at others, and this is indeed what the researchers discovered, though the correlation was not very strong. Overall, partners in romantic relationships tended to have similar preferences – they both liked being laughed at or laughing at others at similar levels.”
#18 Working In The Leather Shop At Night And I Hear A Noise At The Window. My Wife Thinks She’s Funny
#19 The Valentine’s Day Card I Bought For My Husband
#20 My Wife Sent Me This Picture While I Was At Work To Tell Me My Jacket Was Depressed
#21 My Girlfriend Just Told Me “Come Here! The Toilet’s Smoking!”
“Looking at relationship satisfaction, people who scored high on gelotophobia reported the lowest satisfaction in their relationships, and felt less physically attractive, and less sexually satisfied, compared to low gelotophobians. This makes sense, as being in an intimate relationship requires opening up and being more vulnerable, something that may feel uncomfortable for a person fearing being judged and laughed at.”
#22 Girlfriend’s Idea Of A Theme For My 25th
#23 My Wife Decided To Dress Up As Me For Halloween
#24 Friend Had A Vasectomy And This Is The Cake That His Wife Made For Him
#25 My Wife Made Me A Coffee Table Book For Christmas. All Quotes Out Of Context She Has Been Collecting While Listening To Me Gaming With The Buds Online From Another Room
#26 Husband Said I Can’t Buy Anymore Plants Because There Isn’t Any Room. Check And Mate
#27 My Husband Didn’t Think I’d Find Shirts To Match Them
#28 Got Blackout Drunk Last Night. My Girlfriend Helped Me Remember What Happened
#29 Working Night Shift, Wife Sends This
#30 My Wife Made Me A Passive-Aggressive Flow Chart To Use Every Time I Get Hungry
#31 Every Year I Get My Boyfriend A Cake For His Birthday. This Year I Asked What Type He Wanted. He Said “I Don’t Care”
#32 My Boyfriend Probably Won’t Ask Me To Pick Him Up From The Airport Again
#33 How Did My Wife Do On Her Latest Batch Of Cookies?
#34 Made A Birthday Cake For My BF, Complete With Torch
#35 My Wife Dressed Up For Her Birthday During The Lockdown. This Is The Result Of Watching The Tiger King, Boredom And A Lot Of Whiskey
#36 My SO Falls Asleep On The Couch Pretty Frequently, I Usually Take A Pic And Set It As His Phone’s Background. Tonight I Figured Out How To Change The App Icons
#37 My Wife And I Have Been Competing To See Who Can Make The Fanciest Hot Dog. Her Entry:
#38 My Husband Wanted A Sweet Treat. I Made Orange Rolls. To Keep It Interesting, One Of These Has Nacho Cheese On It
#39 A Friend’s Note To Her Husband This Morning
#40 My Wife Has Been Secretly Collecting Pictures Of Me For Months Sleeping. Today, For Father’s Day, I Was Gifted The Collection. I Present “Catnapping”
#41 My Girlfriend Recently Started Working Nights. I’ve Been Waking Up To A Lot Of Worrying Texts
#42 First Thing My SO Sends Me After Not Texting All Day
#43 Wife Said I Look Like Hopper. I Can’t Unsee It
#44 I Just Found The Perfect Christmas Present For My Husband. He’s Going To Hate It
I always pester my husband to eat bananas for his leg cramps. I tried to get him to eat one last night when he was watching Netflix. He was already irritated as every movie suggestion starred Nicholas Cage and he doesn’t like him.
#45 I Photo Copied My Husband’s Phone And Left It On His Desk And He Tried To Pick It Up And Now I Wish I’d Filmed It
#46 Birthday Gift From My Wife, Because I Eat Cereal Way Too Much At All Times Of Day And Night
#47 Wife Got Me A Mask With My Boy’s Face On It. Not Sure Whether Funny Or Scary
#48 I Entertained Myself While My Husband Was Out Of Town With Our Clearance Halloween Purchase
#49 Found The Perfect Spot To Hide These From My Egg-Hating, Reese’s-Loving Boyfriend
#50 Cake I Made For My Boyfriend’s Birthday
