# Are all relationships messy?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMinneapolisSalon
- Speaker: Carol Bruess
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_bruess_are_all_relationships_messy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In grad school, marriage researcher Carol Bruess published a study showing that couples who use nicknames and personal terms of endearment have happier marriages. To this day, Carol still gets calls from people referencing this study to find other quick fixes for their relationships. In this talk, Carol shares the lessons she's learned after more than two decades of research--and marriage.

## Lectures

1. [Are all relationships messy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/carol_bruess_are_all_relationships_messy/3c350dcf1f79), 18 min (TED's player)