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Any sensible man will tell you that mom’s happiness trumps dad’s.

Now a new study reveals that her happiness is twice as important as her husband’s when it comes to determining whether a marriage will last.

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So put away the golf clubs and tell the pals you can’t make it to the pub tonight.

The study analyzed Millennium Cohort Study data from up to 13,000 British couples.

Married or common-law couples were evaluated from nine months after the birth of their child in 2000-01, and again when their child turned 14.

Mothers who were happy when their child was nine months old were more likely to remain happy when the teen years hit.

And if mom’s happy, the kids tend to be as well and less likely to develop mental health issues. Dad’s happiness had no direct impact.

The study also showed that mama’s happiness is “twice as important” as papa’s when it comes to predicting whether or not the couple will stick it out.

“I’ve always argued that the key to happy family life is for dad to love mum and she will love him right back, in that order. Previous research has supported this idea but it’s been bitty,” researcher Harry Benson told the Daily Mail.

“We think this is the first serious attempt to test the truth of the saying Happy Wife Happy Life across four different family outcomes.”