‘Short Honeymoons Are Sweeter11

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30804, 16 July 1965, Page 2

‘Short Honeymoons Are Sweeter 11

(N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) CHICAGO, July 15. A honeymoon is much sweeter when short, says a marriage consultant, and short honeymoons are better for a marriage.

“The most surprising things is that many couples get bored with each other on a long honeymoon,” says Mr Louis Seno, a Chicago marriage consultant for 20 years. “The shorter the honeymoon the better, and two weeks is the most I’d advise,” he says. Mr Seno says the anxiety and excitement leading to a wedding put a couple on their best behaviour. “Then suddenly they’re married. They think they know each other, but then they start spending 24 hours a day together and discover they don’t. “In a strange resort, surrounded by strangers, the discovery that prince charming snores or has a few minor faults can be devastating. “The newly-carried couple obligates each other to constant entertainment. "Tiey see little or nothing connected with their home life.” Mr Seno says a short honeymoon gives the couple a chance to be alone, and the return home means the real beginning of happiness. “At home, even though it’s a brand new apartment, a bride can take things in

stride,” Mr Seno says. “The man gets up and goes to work, and the wife has a chance to relax, do her daily chores and dismisses the little frailties of her husband.” Mr Seno says the most susceptible persons to a soured honeymoon are women who have lived with their parents and have made few trips. “The more the homebody, the more she looks forward to a trip—and stretches it too long,” he says. “Many women end up getting homesick . . . and as a result impatience and misunderstanding develop.” Mr Seno says the long honeymoon is a throwback to a primitive era when men kidnapped their brides and had to stay out of sight until the girl’s tribe eooled off. “But this is no longer a problem,” he says.