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Solange Defines Style Goal With This Cropped Coat

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t’s no secret that Solange is an absolute QUEEN. Her artistic, poetic new album “A Seat At The Table” reached #1 on the Billboard charts, her performances are magical experiences in and of themselves, and she’s not afraid to make a powerful statement about race relations in America. And boy does the woman know how to dress.

Solange was most recently at “Love On Louisiana” hosted by Essence, a tribute to hometown heroes that celebrated the resilience of the Baton Rouge community with Tina Knowles-Lawson, Solange Knowles, and Kelly Rowland at the Baton Rouge River Center. Solange dressed for the important occasion in a pastel, pale purple cropped trench with a deeper purple cardigan underneath, and the ensemble has us feeling all sorts of #stylegoals.

Love On Louisiana: An Essence Hometown Heroes Tribute Celebrating The Resilience Of The Baton Rouge Community With Tina Knowles-Lawson, Solange Knowles And Kelly RowlandLove On Louisiana: An Essence Hometown Heroes Tribute Celebrating The Resilience Of The Baton Rouge Community With Tina Knowles-Lawson, Solange Knowles And Kelly Rowland

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How Laughter Defines The Quality Of Your Relationship

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Couples who laugh together reported higher quality relationships, in a study published in Personal Relationships this August.

The researchers, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recorded 71 heterosexual couples telling the story of how they first met. They then counted how many times the couple laughed, and whether they were laughing together or alone.

Couples who laughed together more reported having higher quality relationships, defined by their feelings of closeness and support.

The laughs also exposed some gender differences. Of the nearly 1,400 laughs the researchers recorded, 62% of them came from the women.

But men’s laughs were more likely to be contagious, causing their female partner to laugh with them. And this reciprocation had a special effect on the men.

“The greater the duration of shared laughter in the lab, the higher the men’s ratings of commitment, satisfaction, and passion toward their partners,” lead study author Laura E. Kurtz, a graduate student, told Tech Insider. “These findings suggest that there may be something especially potent about shared laughter for men.”

The sample size of 71 couples is too small to know whether there’s a similar effect in the general population, but Kurtz said previous research supports this association.

She also told us that she suspects “that shared laughter may play a causal role in promoting [high quality] relationships,” though this study showed only a correlation.

Credit: businessinsider

What Defines A Happy Marriage? Read Perspectives From 5 Wives

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1. “A happy marriage is being happy with what you’ve got, rather than expecting your marriage to be a certain way,” says one married woman. “Being content and grateful for what you have, instead of constantly trying to live up to some unrealistic standard set by movies and romance novels, is real happiness.”

2. “In a happy marriage, two people share things equally,” says another married woman. “It doesn’t sound romantic, but I’m honestly happy because my husband does the dishes and the laundry as often as I do. We cook together, we run errands together. I don’t feel burdened, and I don’t feel taken for granted.”

3. “We talk about everything, and I think that’s what a happy marriage is,”says one wife. “I’ve had relationships in which I felt like I had to keep secrets from my partner, but I can tell my husband anything. I like that I can be open about my feelings, and know that we’ll work through whatever it is together.”

4. “This is my second marriage and it’s happy, unlike the first, because we are totally honest with one another,” says another woman. “Whether we aren’t thrilled with what’s happening in the bedroom or we’re concerned over money, we spit it all out and then work it out.”

5. “I think a happy marriage is about forgiveness,” says another married woman. “No one is perfect and if you can just let go of the little things and move on from the bigger things, like arguments, with a forgiving rather than begrudging heart, you’re in really good shape.”

Credit: huffingtonpost