That’s interesting

There are at least 3 surveys done that show the more sexual partners the more likely the marriage is to fail, and the graph I have defines a stable marriage as only being together 5 years, which isn't long at all

So the serial dater is more likely to divorce than someone who has a bunch of hookups?

@William Russell that's my hypothesis, yes

Makes sense

But I'm sure there's a limit to it

The second person is most likely more intelligent honestly

The T-Swift hypothesis

Hookups could turn into cheating if there were too many before marriage, idk what the threshhold would be

I would assume that sexual promiscuity would have a difference than between purely emotional. non-sexual partners tbh, because the act of intercourse itself is a process that binds two people together. If someone dates 6 people and breaks up with them, and then marries up and has sex with That specific partner, it would be far more serious to that person.
in my opinion of course 👍

Like metaphorically binds?

*metaphysically

Possibly, but also on a biological level as well

We need more studies on this I want to know lol

In some cases the binding might be literal

Biologically I think it makes more sense for people to have multiple sex partners then marry rather than multiple serious relationships then marry. Just because of reproduction. This of course is in the context that everyone has had intercourse with multiple people before marriage. The long term relationships are more likely to lead to children before marriage or stepchildren from other partners

I've never seen evidence that intercourse binds beings biologically if conception does not occur. It's almost impossible to conceive on the first try too (though I'm not arguing in favor of hookups!).

And clearly it doesn't have to bind emotionally either

Conceiving on the first try goes with my point as well.

Is that actually true its harder to concieve the first time you have sex with someone?

Or am I being bamboozled

There are about 3 days per month a woman is fertile. It's a hard target to hit.

It takes 6 months on average to conceive when trying to do so, over age 25

It’s easier if you try every day 😬

*trying without natural family planning methods like temperature charting, etc

I realized when we started trying to get pregnant that I'd really been lied to as a kid in Christian school. The reasons they gave for abstaining were that guaranteed, one of three things would happen: 1. You'll get pregnant 2. You'll get an STD 3. You'll get your heart broken. Turns out, not so much. Better to give kids the truth.

I have 3 daughters with my wife. She got pregnant with the first on our honeymoon, which we took the day after we got married. The 2nd one, she got pregnant within just a couple weeks of me returning from a year in Iraq. The third, she got pregnant with during the week I was home for R&R in the middle of my year in Afghanistan. oooosh

...all 3 born between 2009 and 2012.

Lol her cycle was perfectly aligned with your military schedule eh?

I guess so lol

That same scenario happens a lot in the military, especially with frequent and multiple deployments. It's almost scary when you look at the statistics on how often it happens. Hospitals near military bases deliberately plan ahead 9 months after units return from deployment to ensure they have adequate staffing for the incoming surge of new babies

I wonder if women's bodies deliberately get in sync with their partners' presence when extended absences occur?

Would women anticipating mil members returns affect it

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It's been theorized that human biology does that sort of thing on purpose, and also there's religious theory behind it, too.

I want to see a study of military wives' fertility cycles now lol

@⚡Clark⚡ Why's that?

We already know women living together sync up with one another

Ya seriously, there's case studies out there if you look hard enough. We were given lots of materials to read over pre-deployment that talked about it, but I don't have it anymore

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@ButMomShesA300YearOldLoliVampire they have a company policy of shaming people who lift heavy weights