Are You A Humor Consumer Or Distributor?

Summary

The content discusses the dynamics between humor distributors and humor consumers in relationships, emphasizing the importance of both roles for a fulfilling partnership.

Abstract

The article explores the interplay between individuals who are humor distributors, those who initiate humor, and humor consumers, those who appreciate and respond to humor. It suggests that both are crucial for a healthy relationship, with the distributor gaining satisfaction from eliciting laughter and the consumer showing love through their appreciation of humor. This dynamic is not only beneficial for the relationship's stability but also enhances overall quality of life and potentially improves the couple's sex life. The article references psychologist Barton Goldsmith's insights on the role of humor in relationships from an article on Psychology Today, highlighting how shared laughter strengthens emotional bonds and contributes to better living.

Opinions

The humor consumer is as essential, if not more, than the humor distributor in maintaining relationship stability.
Making your partner laugh is presented as a deeply satisfying experience for the humor distributor.
The humor consumer demonstrates love and appreciation through their responsiveness to humor.
Shared humor is seen as a bonding element that enhances both emotional intimacy and the quality of life.
According to Barton Goldsmith, humor not only improves the way couples love but also the way they live.
The article suggests that humor can lead to a better sex life within a relationship.

Equally essential for the quality of life enjoyed by the other, which one are you?

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Did you ever spend an evening with someone and wonder why you enjoyed yourself so much? Nothing of note really happened. Your evening’s companion wasn’t heartbreakingly beautiful or handsome nor particularly brilliant.

But you end up spending the next 75 years with that person.

Why?

Because they laughed at your jokes.

That’s right, although the humor distributor seems to get the attention, the humor consumer is equally, if not more essential, to the stability of the relationship.

Many couples are comprised of a humor distributor: the partner who is the witty one, the funny one, the person who seems to get most of the attention.

Their attentive muse is the humor consumer: the partner who seems to listen to every word, every attempt at humor and laugh.

Are these complementary, contrary matches made in heaven?

To a humor distributer, there is nothing quite so satisfying as making your partner burst out laughing at something you may have said or done that’s intended to produce that result.

The humor consumer shows love and appreciation by lighting up the room with a smile or a guffaw.

The relationship’s equilibrium is continuously reinforced in this positive way.

Psychology today.com brings out in the article The Two Sides of Humor in Relationships by Barton Goldsmith PHD, the importance of humor. Both partners being able to laugh with (not at) each other is a bonding thing. Having a sense of humor will not only make you love better, it will also make you live better.

The article brings out: humor also leads to a better sex life.

Hmmmm