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Valentines Day was a piece of cake, or more precisely, a chicken pot pie, which I made from an Ina Garten recipe [2] for friends who were coming to dinner. The midday weather was spectacular, and while my dough was resting in the fridge, I took Rose for a stroll in the park, and afterwards, we all watched the Olympics on TV. In other words, I felt happy. That is, until I stumbled onto Facebookâs Relationships and Happiness [3] page, and their Gross National Happiness Index, which measures happiness based on the positive or negative words people use in their status updates. What a ludicrous barometer. “Just as expected,” FB writes, “people who are in a relationship or marriage do seem to be happier than everyone else.”
I will NOT let social media ruin my buzz. Let’s get the expert, Bella DePaulo [4], on the case.