After a long and stressful day at work, all you want to do is go home, put your feet up and enjoy some time with your family. Sometimes, though, the grind of the day can come home with you, setting up a situation that many will find familiar. "Hey honey, how was your day?" "It was awful. I wanted to leave the second I stepped in the office. My boss kept nagging me, my work computer was acting up all day and I am just exhausted." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. My day was pretty bad too..."

What does this have to do with divorce? Well a new study was concluded by the Florida State University College of Business that links daily stress and poor family support with impending divorce.

Researchers asked 400 couples about their relationship and how much daily stress they felt, using their answers to come to conclusions about stress and divorce. Both partners in these couples had a full-time job.

According to the study, couples who failed to recognize the work-related stresses of their significant other, lacked open communication and habitually complained about work have less satisfying relationships. They also are less alert at work and have reduced productivity when on the job.

What's more, the lead author of the study believes these unhealthy behaviors can lead to the end of a relationship. "When stress enters any relationship, it has the potential to either bind people together or break them apart," he said. Ultimately, though, he believes that couples who are willing to go that extra bit and show support to their spouse can improve their relationship, especially during your worst days.

"Generating the mental and emotional resources needed to help when your own tank is empty is often difficult. Successful couples almost always kept a steady supply of support resources on reserve to be tapped on particularly demanding days," he said.

Source: ANI, "Couples vying on whose office day was worse 'may end up in divorce,'" Feb. 19, 2012