Read previewJamie Lee Curtis said the key to her 40-year marriage with the filmmaker Christopher Guest is not to leave — even when they hate each other.
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The 65-year-old actor added that "perseverance, patience, gentleness, and a really good dose of hatred" are what she thinks make a marriage work.
Thomas and Donahue, who had been married for 44 years, asked Curtis what she thought the secret to a long marriage was.
Avigail Lev, a therapist in San Francisco, previously told Business Insider that couples could follow the psychologist John Gottman's "magic ratio of 5:1."
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