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Ignores the apparent fact that polygamy and rapid serial monogamy are very common in under-25's but happens a lot less with married people. So young people have
by exporectomy 5y ago
Ignores the apparent fact that polygamy and rapid serial monogamy are very common in under-25's but happens a lot less with married people. So young people have a lot more mates available by sharing.
- aetherspawn 5y agoRight, but then we'd have to add a checkbox to accept or deny groups that exhibit high levels of relationship drama. Personally though ... hard pass.
- hans-moleman 5y agoVery insensitive comment
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoPolygamy isn't relationship drama, though: And it is pretty normal for folks to end relationships in 6-12 months. It takes time to get to know someone. Again, these can be healthy enough relationships while they last.
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoHow do you figure polygamy happens more with younger folks - or are you conflating "polygamy" with "casually dating/having sex with more than one person"? And isn't "rapid serial monogamy" just dating one person at a time? And this doesn't seem so much different than 20 years ago, though it might look different than earlier times when parents had more direct control over who their daughter dated/married. (and of course folks date most folks for a short time: it takes time to get to know someone - hence 6-12 month relationships happening quite often.
- exporectomy 5y agoYes. Young people have more concurrent partners than old people so there are more available. I'm not talking about cultural changes over time, just behavioral changes as people age.