India, Feb. 24 -- Do you and your partner feel comfortable in silence? Is filling every moment with some sort of conversation not a feeling that bothers you both? Well, a new study believes that you could be in a healthy relationship.

We have all heard that silence is golden. The same rule applies to relationships. A new study conducted by University of Reading researchers, suggests that sharing moments of silence with your partner could actually be a sign of a healthy relationship. The research, published in the journal Motivation and Emotion, found that sitting in dead quiet with a significant other could be a sign of emotional intimacy.

The researchers conducted four studies to find how silence and its motives impacted couples' relat...