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If a doctor prescribes an important medication for you, you'll probably take it

whenever you're instructed to and in many ways laughter is a good medicine for your marriage. I'm John Fuller along with Dr.

Greg Smalley and his wife Aaron. They head up our marriage team here and Greg

how does laughter keep a marriage relationship healthy?

Yeah, someone said that laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

And I think what he was trying to say was that it absolutely creates connection.

When Aaron is telling me a funny story

or just making me laugh in whatever way,

I'm just, I'm drawn to her.

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