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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:01 AM Original message |
Men Who Marry Younger Women Live Longer; Women Do Best with Spouse of Same Age |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. have not been enough test cases of older women with younger men to make a conclusion n/t |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Did you find mention of sample size at the link? I could not find any. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. just intuitive - it is still a big deal in the news when it happens so it is not a every day n/t |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. "According to a study of two million Danish couples" n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Think this through. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. $$ |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. suggesting thru income he probably has better health insurance, down time, |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Or maybe better fitness and higher activity levels. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. exactly, lifestyles, which higher income allow more of. nt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I'm pretty much broke but I still do ok. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. i am glad to hear it. good for you. nt |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. Good for you! |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. To some extent, the health care issue should be mitigated by the location of the study |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. yet the younger woman has a lower life expectancy. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It is what it is. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I wonder how many of the women with you are "settling" |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Why would I want to be with someone that thought of me like that? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. And I rest my case. n/t |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. What 'case'? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. my, my..... nt |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess i am going to die younger... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. wink... |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. We have a significant age difference of more than a decade. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not sure how the dynamic would work with the older women |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The report suggests that women suffer from age difference in either direction. n/t |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. I see that, but cannot figure out an explanation for it |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. i dont know, but what might make sense, as a person ages and encounters illness |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. That could be environmental |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Two girlfriends |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I suspect you may be right |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The woman with the younger guy is drop-dead gorgeous |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. While those circumstances might be true |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. The money thing can be a dealbreaker |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. We have a whole societal mindset |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. agreed. nt |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Older women/younger men relationships can be built on things other than sex. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. She's probably taking care of his old ass |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. How do they know it is not the other way round? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. it seems to not behoove a younger woman to marry the older man. nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. True! Per this study we should all look for guys our own age, who |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Cool, I figure if I marry a 3 year old I'll live to be a hundred! |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. And for the longest, happiest life for both sexes.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. studies disagree with your conclusion. exact opposite, as a matter of fact. lol. nt |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
63. It's all tongue-in-cheek. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. ball and chain, force him down the isle, his life is over.... |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Fantastic. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. matter of awareness |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Men are happiest when married |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Amended: "....never get married, have a pet instead." |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Why haven't you broken up with him then? You do have that choice. (nt) |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Because my life is what you get when you got what you wanted |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. These young women are nothing more than nursemaids. Who the hell wants that? n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. A little nursemaiding goes a long way when you have a Mercedes in the garage |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. She'll be paying for that "Mercedes" for the rest of her life |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Or the rest of his life, anyway. n/t |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. yes, everyone remember: "When you take their money, you have to take their shit." |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. that works best for me too. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. not you or i, but then we value differently than others. hence why |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Seven to nine years really isn't a huge age difference, so this study is rather ridiculous n/t |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. Gotta be bogus.... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. I heard someone say this awhile ago; I wish I knew who made the quote |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. Chris Rock. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I love him |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. especially as women fuck around on their mate almost as much as men do.... wtf? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. John Edwards was trying to have it both ways. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well, older men who marry younger women are probably more likely to |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. As long as we're all spouting off theories |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It's corollary |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. i am not gonna be your mama. thankfully, my hubby insists i not be his mama. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. +1000 |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. Well, my husband is 3 months older. And the only person I ever really dated. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
65. Bad news for the gold-diggers. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
67. I've always told my husband he was lucky to be married to a child bride. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. lol |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
76. I think there is a lurking variable |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
78. If people bother to open the research paper... the answers are there. n/t |
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