Quote: (02-29-2016 08:37 AM)NomadofEU Wrote:
Nice dismissal of empirical information.
In your previous post you complained about women then went on to list all these qualities that you're looking for in the opposite sex. You know who does that? Women.
The dismissal of facts, the complaining, the list of what you want in a female... all this is pretty damming evidence of your character. And you have just admitted to needing a unicorn for happiness.
Work on your inner game.
Ok, I'll bite. Those numbers seem questionable to me.
How could they possibly accurately know how many sexual partners a woman has had before marriage? Unless they polygraphed people, I question the accuracy. I'm actually genuinely curious about just how inaccurate their self reported numbers are. The only way to find out would be to polygraph a statistically significant portion of the subjects, and then compare their actual numbers to the numbers they claimed to have.
Anyhow, maybe I'm wrong, let's assume the study is at least somewhat accurate.
I still don't see what its value is. There is a huge difference in divorce rates between various demographics (based on age, race, location, education level, socioeconomic level, nationality, etc).
So, to average together information from disparate demographics, even if it was accurate, will give you an end result that in no way reflects what your particular chances of divorce or long term marriage are if you go wife up some ignorant country girl who has only ever seen one dick.
I think it is a reach to call that data empirical, and foolish to extrapolate it as meaningful.
Also, I never said I needed a unicorn to feel happy, but if making things up helps your "argument," go for it.
edit:
The Teachman study used data from American women from 1995.
More recent studies have questioned many of his methods, assumptions, and conclusions, especially when it comes to cohabiting prior to marriage:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000053/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487709/
You know what study I would like to see?
Take a group of 500 beta men with no game, and a group of 500 alphas with strong game.
See how long their marriages last. I'm guessing that level of game is a much more relevant variable than how prude your wife is.