Couples who bond over this nasty habit are happier: study

Did you hear? Couples that gossip together stay together.

A new study from UC Riverside, titled “Spill the Tea, Honey: Gossiping Predicts Well-Being in Same- and Different-Gender Couples,” revealed that couples who gossip together are not only bonded more deeply but also happier and more satisfied in their romance. 4

“Whether or not we want to admit it, everyone gossips,” Chandler Spahr, first author of the study, told UC Riverside . “Gossip is ubiquitous.”

And that might not be such a bad thing.

A team of researchers tracked 76 romantic couples — both same-gender and different-gender — using a portable listening device called the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR).

This device passively recorded snippets of daily conversation.

However, it is worth noting that the device