the years that were ahead. As he said, this made action impossible. Because Ian didn’t know that twentysomethings who make choices are happier than t… - Meg Jay

Neuroticism, or the tendency to be anxious, stressed, critical, and moody, is far more predictive of relationship unhappiness and dissolution than is personality dissimilarity. While personality similarity can help the years run smoothly, any two people will be different in some way or another. How a person responds to these differences can be more important than the differences themselves. To a person who runs high in Neuroticism, differences are seen in a negative light. Anxiety and judgments about these differences then lead to criticism and contempt, two leading relationship killers.

There is a big difference between having a life in your thirties and starting a life in your thirties.

I think part of making any decision in your twenties is realizing there is no twenty-four flavor table. It's a myth.