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Men…I’ve never been married and don’t plan to marry 18 10.11%
Men…I’ve been married and don’t plan to marry again 12 6.74%
Men…I’m married now, but if I became single I don’t plan to marry again 47 26.40%
Men…I’ve never been married but may marry someday 10 5.62%
Men…I’ve been married but may marry again someday 2 1.12%
Men…I’m married now, but if I became single I may marry again 26 14.61%
Women…I’ve never been married and don’t plan to marry 6 3.37%
Women…I’ve been married and don’t plan to marry again 18 10.11%
Women…I’m married now, but if I became single I don’t plan to marry again 25 14.04%
Women…I’ve never been married but may marry someday 1 0.56%
Women…I’ve been married but may marry again someday 7 3.93%
Women…I’m married now, but if I became single I may marry again 6 3.37%
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Old 06-21-2010, 11:34 PM   #181
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Sounds like a twist on an old Groucho Marx quote....
Groucho (I think it was) had this take on divorce was "Next time, I won't get married. I'll just find a woman I don't like and buy her a house."
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We obviously cross-posted. Please see my post right above yours. Yes, marriages with both sides being truthful are in a definite minority, and difficult to quantify.
haha, yes I see. ¡Entonces, somos de acuerdo!

I do believe that it is likely that outmatings are less common amoung ERs than among the general population. For one thing, we are very cautious people. For another, we obviously have little difficulty suppressing immediate desires in favor of long term goals. And lastly, we have a lot to lose financially if caught in an affair.

I just went back to the faithfulness poll on ER.org that bbbamI posted. Thee numbers are not huge, but they do strongly suggest a much smaller % of unfaithful in this group than is apparently found in the population at large. Very close to exactly 20% of both men and women who report infidelity, as opposed to 60% of the men and 50% of the women in the population reported above.

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I guess the grass is always greener. I would love to be able to marry my partner, but as a gay couple we can not.

Why not move somewhere where you can. I think even some places in the USA will accept you.
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haha, yes I see. ¡Entonces, somos de acuerdo!

I do believe that it is likely that outmatings are less common amoung ERs than among the general population. For one thing, we are very cautious people. For another, we obviously have little difficulty suppressing immediate desires in favor of long term goals. And lastly, we have a lot to lose financially if caught in an affair.

I just went back to the faithfulness poll on ER.org that bbbamI posted. Thee numbers are not huge, but they do strongly suggest a much smaller % of unfaithful in this group than is apparently found in the population at large. Very close to exactly 20% of both men and women who report infidelity, as opposed to 60% of the men and 50% of the women in the population reported above.

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