The secret to making up after a fight

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Researchers from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania investigated the best ways of reconciling a conflict between romantic partners.

Women prefer men to cry and grovel, while males consider sexual favours as the best form of apology



The study showed that men rated a partner doing nice gestures and giving sexual favours as most effective.
Dr Joel Wade, lead author of the study, said: 'Women may thereby use sexual favors as a way to reconcile with their male partner.
'Doing so may communicate to their male partner that they are still sexually accessible and as such do not want to end the relationship.'
In contrast, women preferred when their partner spent time with them after a fight, apologised and cried to show their remorse.
Dr Wade said: 'Women may rate spending time together more highly because this behavior signals a partner's willingness to invest effort and limited resources (e.g. time) into their romantic pair-bond.
'Such actions by a man may signal the likelihood of a potentially high parental investment which women prefer.'

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