5. Being Overly Lovey-Dovey As Newlyweds

Obviously, as newlyweds, you and your partner will feel more lovey-dovey and affectionate towards one another. But if you are so engrossed with each other that you can’t stand to be away for a few minutes, that might spell trouble!

Psychologist Ted Huston studied 168 couples for 13 year, conducting multiple interviews with the couples throughout the study, starting from the day of their marriage. He published his findings in the Journal of Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes in 2001 with one astonishing finding.

“As newlyweds, the couples who divorced after seven or more years were almost giddily affectionate, displaying about one third more affection than did spouses who were later happily married,” it read.

As Aviva Patz summed it up in Psychology Today: “[C]ouples whose marriages begin in romantic bliss are particularly divorce-prone because such intensity is too hard to maintain. Believe it or not, marriages that start out with less ‘Hollywood romance’ usually have more promising futures.”