The most common mistake made in the quest for a happy marriage is to expect that someone should be "making" you happy.
My kids have come, I'm happy to say, to expect exciting, competitive Super Bowls, and this one delivered.
Everyone will be happier knowing what to expect and avoiding conflict on the eve of the holidays will give both parents the ability to carry on traditions and create new ones, which will remain with their children for a lifetime.
They are, we are supposed to feel, happy, as happy as it's reasonable to expect to be in a heterosexual marriage, given the realities, according to Tolstoy's world view, of masculine and feminine nature.
Still, some families worry that there may be too much messy family history to expect a happy ending for everyone.
But U.K. audiences took the grim turn in stride, whereas parts of the American audience — acculturated to expect a happy ending — vocally disliked it.
Children are calmer and happier when they know what to expect.
My brother and I were told at a very early age not to expect to be happy; not to expect not be disappointed by everything".
We had no idea what to expect, but were happy to be getting out of miserable Baghdad.
"I told the men straight, they knew what to expect and were happy to go along with it".
"To expect us to be happy partners with them I don't believe is a reasonable expectation".
