Sushi Consumption and Love
Photo Credit: Sakurako Kitsa
Want to know if you’re in a great relationship? Simple. How much sushi do you eat?
That’s right. The amount of sushi a couple eats can increase a relationship’s success rate by 350%*.
Ok, before you go off to buy a lifetime supply of California Rolls listen up…
Quit playing it safe
Everyone loves statistics about marriage and relationships. We eat this stuff up because love is scary and unpredictable. We will do and believe anything that tells us that we can have any amount of certainty when it comes to matters of the heart. Stop it. Love requires risk, not a calculator.
Couples with strong bonds take risks
So the statistic about sushi-eating couples isn’t what would be considered ‘true’ in the technical sense of the word, but the spirit of the statistic is true. That has to count for something, right?
The thing is most of us aren’t going to take risks (and, yes, eating RAW FISH is a risk) unless we can see a safety net. We quit jobs when we’ve got new ones lined up. We raise our hands in class when we’ve read the material. We try to pick up girls we THINK we have a chance with. We jump when we think we won’t fall.
Bonding tightly with another human being, knowing they have your back no matter what, is the best safety net of all. Couples with strong bonds believe there is no risk too great for their love.
Even eating raw fish.
*As far as I know, sushi consumption does NOT help your relationship. Just want to be clear on that.
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Category: Relationships 2 comments »
August 7th, 2009 at 9:48 am
mr. smith and i eat lots of sushi. so we’re set.
j/k – but this does mean we’ll be considering a little more seriously the zipline over the rainforest in antigua. that’s a fun fact that taking risks together bonds us. should be obvious, but i’m glad you spelled it out like this.
does this mean you’ll be rock climbing soon, oh risky one?
August 7th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Ha, the funny thing is Mark and I hate sushi
And YES go ziplining on your honeymoon! I think everyone should do something scary together on their honeymoon because a) it’s a great story, b) you’ll feel uber connected and c) with all that adrenaline the love making afterwards will be EVEN better. Heh.
And no, still no rock climbing for me