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Asked what makes a partner feel loved over decades, long-married Americans did not name grand gestures. Frequent smaller acts of kindness, one said, greatly trump large rare acts of kindness.

Cornell Legacy Project, 2021 · research finding on small daily kindness in long marriages

Cornell Legacy Project (Karl Pillemer), interviews with more than 1,500 Americans of the Greatest and Silent Generations, The Best Gifts for Your Partner

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Cornell Legacy Project: Asked what makes a partner feel loved over decades, long-married Americans did not name grand gestures. Frequent smaller acts of kindness, one said, greatly trump large rare acts of kindness.