Sunday, May 3, 2009

Smile! Your future marriage might benefit!


A recent study, excerpted in The Economist, draws a possible connection between high school yearbook photos and divorce rates. As it turns out, the less people smile in their yearbook photos, the more likely they are to divorce later in life.

So... happy kids end up in happy marriages?

Or, considering the misery of high school for so many of us, is grinning for the camera just an indicator of one's ability to smile through the pain?

I am in a cynical mood today.