How unfortunate.
In the game of everlasting love, it’s typically best to err on the side of caution by showering your spouse with abject praise, both privately and publicly.
But the thoughtless men who don’t describe their brides as “beautiful” or “wonderful” — especially while on national television — often end up with marriages that spin out of control and into divorce court, per disturbing new data from a “Wheel of Fortune” diehard.
“I went back and watched nearly 2,000 episodes of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and followed up to see how many of these men were kicked to the curb,” Joey, a rookie researcher, explained of his exhaustive, six-year probe.
His an interesting, unasked for investigation, which social media critics have labeled “insane,” yet has amassed well over 145,000 virtual views and more than 24,000 likes.
Representatives for “Wheel of Fortune” did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for a comment regarding Joey’s comprehensive study. The show’s verified TikTok account, however, commented “Bruh” beneath his viral vid, punctuating its shock with the “mind-blown” emoji.
For his stupefying findings, Joey reviewed 1,950 reruns of the world-puzzle program, exclusively examining episodes that aired between 2010 through 2019.
He sought to determine how often heterosexual male contestants used “complimentary adjectives” — such as “gorgeous,” “amazing,” and “fantastic” — to describe their wives while introducing themselves to former host Pat Sayjack, 79, and Vanna White, 69.
The uncertified sleuth found that out of 2,855 male game players, but only 2,016 mentioned their wives. However, of that number, 1,660 husbands (82%) chose honeyed words to describe their honeys, while 356 dolts (18%) refused to use a single sweet attributive.
Unsurprisingly, of the gents who openly celebrated their gals, only 5% were divorced within five years of their episode’s debut, according to Joey’s analysis.
Conversely, 15% of the goofball grooms, those who remained tight-lipped on their ladies’ best qualities, experienced divorce within the same timeframe as their more considerate counterparts — that’s three-times worse.
But the digital detective’s work didn’t stop there.
He also evaluated the martial outcomes of “Wheel of Fortune” winners — guys who amassed over $40,000 in cash and prizes — who either offered or omitted sweet nothings about their sweethearts.
Of the 185 (88%) fortunate fellas who praised their mates, only 7% ended up single, while 29 (17%) of the inconsiderate hotshots divorced in five years.
Joey’s enlightening results notwithstanding, relationship experts warn that excessive adoration can, too, wreak havoc in a holy matrimony.
“Compliments can be disarming. They make us feel chosen and understood in ways that other words rarely do,” psychologist Mark Travers psychologist recently revealed, noting that too much of the good thing might lead lovers to feel the need to to perform, conform, or shrink themselves in order to remain in their partner’s good graces.
“Sometimes,” continued the doc, “the praise that feels the most flattering is also the praise that teaches us to edit ourselves.”
Still, some hubbies like, Olympian Noah Lyles, 28 — who’s getting roasted online for withholding compliments from his blushing bride, Junelle Bromfield, 28 on their April 4 wedding day — have to learn the hard way that nice words go a long way.
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