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> Clinical psychologist Neil Clark Warren was interested
> in the countless relationships he had seen fall apart.
> "There's the mystery, the complexity--and the fact that
> most people get it wrong," he says. Indeed, 43 percent
> of married couples are not together within 15 years,
> and of those who do stay together, 4 in 10 say they're
> not happy. Warren estimates that three-quarters of
> marriages are in trouble the day they get started.
>
> The reason for that dismal track record, Warren believes,
> is that Americans are just too easy, relying on the in-
> tangibles of "chemistry" to carry their relationships. "In
> this culture, if we like the person's looks, if they have an
> ability to chatter at a cocktail party, and a little bit of status,
> we're halfway to marriage," he says. "We're such suckers."

We're frustrated super-chimpanzees living in a meterosexual world. This article makes you think that you're a sucker not to use an online matchmaker.

One more fun fact from the article : "One recent study found that as many as 30 percent of people using online sites may be married." And puffers, liars, and frauds abound. But it's one of those game-theory traps. If you don't lie, you should be worried that you'll be out-lied by an equal or inferior rival.
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 5:35 PM

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