To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line

Post by creepydata » Sat, Jun 24, 2017, 7:54 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #83

creepydata wrote: post #30

I don't get it. The title of the article is "To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line," but there's absolutely nothing in it that supports the title. All it is is about an unmarried woman whose been in a relationship for only 3 years saying a scheduled conversations and paper an pen (or keyboard in this case) helps her have relationship communication. The title should really be "communication is helpful for my new re…

Precisely. I kept waiting for a paragraph beginning: "and now, ten years into our marriage..." But it never came, since this couple isn't married and hasn't even been dating that long. Clickbait titles like this are common on the internet, but I expect better from the New York Times. This article is bereft of anything remotely newsworthy. Perhaps their new slogan should be "All the news that's fit to print, plus some…

Post by pmarreck » Sat, Jun 24, 2017, 9:28 PM UTC

creepydata wrote: post #92

pmarreck wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not misleading. It's undetailed/undecomposed. Which is to say, yes, there are some people for which it is on the high end, and other people for which it is on the low end. But the best evidence I've seen puts the bell-curve window at 30-50%. When you wish to talk about the institution in generalities, you cannot help but describe it according to all its participants. I'm talking about marriage, not white college…

Why are you in a romantic relationship at all then? Non-marriage romantic relationships have a -MUCH- higher failure rate. At least be ideologically consistent. You should probably just break up with your girlfriend now because you have some very serious commitment issues.