The Toll of Bad Dating Experiences
Is the Extraordinary Takedown of Pickup Artist
A Player Seeks Redemption
Where Were You When I Was Still Unattractive
New Prediction Factors for Divorce
Is California’s New Affirmative Consent Law a Good Thing?
College Fraternities and Sexual Assault
For Valid Sexual Assault Rates, We’re Better Off Asking the Rapists
Duke Nurtures a Transition from Hookup Culture to Dating Culture
Whose earrings are these?
What is that red sore?
Did you just slip that condom off?
When did you last change these sheets?
Confused about your sexual identity in what way?
Just how much porn are you watching?
Are you breaking up with me?
Why were you fired?
Could you please not chew with your mouth open?
Is this old vomit on the side of your car?
Did you just say “feminine imperative?”
There aren’t good outcomes if you’re having to ask questions like these.
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A recent study of 3,000 married and recently divorced Americans confirms the wisdom of that evolved preference. Megan Garber writes in The Atlantic:
The closer a couple is when it comes to their respective birth years, the greater their chances of avoiding divorce.
…Once you enter large-gap territory—the 20-year difference, the 30-year difference—the odds of divorce are … almost never in your favor.
If your partner happens to be 15 years older or younger than you are, that’s not automatically a bad omen: Statistics, of course, are not destiny. But, as predictors, the study’s findings stand to reason. Marriage is, above all, about 50-50 partnership; differences in ages also mean differences in life experience and cultural reference points.
Generations may be an invention, but they are meaningful nonetheless. So, with all the necessary caveats about love’s vagaries and mysteries, if you want a marriage that lasts, you should probably try to marry someone your own age.
Stats guru Randal S. Olson has once again illustrated the increased divorce risk as age differences between spouses increase:
marriage-stability-age-diff
Another Olson chart worth noting is the increased risk of divorce when spouses have different levels of education:
Is the Extraordinary Takedown of Pickup Artist
A Player Seeks Redemption
Where Were You When I Was Still Unattractive
New Prediction Factors for Divorce
Is California’s New Affirmative Consent Law a Good Thing?
College Fraternities and Sexual Assault
For Valid Sexual Assault Rates, We’re Better Off Asking the Rapists
Duke Nurtures a Transition from Hookup Culture to Dating Culture
Whose earrings are these?
What is that red sore?
Did you just slip that condom off?
When did you last change these sheets?
Confused about your sexual identity in what way?
Just how much porn are you watching?
Are you breaking up with me?
Why were you fired?
Could you please not chew with your mouth open?
Is this old vomit on the side of your car?
Did you just say “feminine imperative?”
There aren’t good outcomes if you’re having to ask questions like these.
What did I miss? Share in the comments!
A recent study of 3,000 married and recently divorced Americans confirms the wisdom of that evolved preference. Megan Garber writes in The Atlantic:
The closer a couple is when it comes to their respective birth years, the greater their chances of avoiding divorce.
…Once you enter large-gap territory—the 20-year difference, the 30-year difference—the odds of divorce are … almost never in your favor.
If your partner happens to be 15 years older or younger than you are, that’s not automatically a bad omen: Statistics, of course, are not destiny. But, as predictors, the study’s findings stand to reason. Marriage is, above all, about 50-50 partnership; differences in ages also mean differences in life experience and cultural reference points.
Generations may be an invention, but they are meaningful nonetheless. So, with all the necessary caveats about love’s vagaries and mysteries, if you want a marriage that lasts, you should probably try to marry someone your own age.
Stats guru Randal S. Olson has once again illustrated the increased divorce risk as age differences between spouses increase:
marriage-stability-age-diff
Another Olson chart worth noting is the increased risk of divorce when spouses have different levels of education: