Search Results: being committed

It's Wicked Wednesday, and we hate to give you a Math problem, but this could result in some interesting information about GaG members.

Question: How much of your life (in percent) have you been single?

Let's define single as not being in an exclusive relationship, which includes, but isn't limited to, marriage.

Here's what we'd like you to do.

1. Take your age in years (AGE)

2. Take the number of years that you have been in committed relationship (s), not single (RELATIONSHIP)

3. Use this equation to calculate your single-percentage

Single-percentage = 100 times [(AGE minus RELATIONSHIP) divided by AGE]

For example, if you are 40 and been in an exclusive relationship for 10 years...

100 times [(40-10) divided by 40] = 100 times [30 divided by 40] = 100 times 0.75 = 75% of your life you've been single

NOTE: If you're not good at math or don't want to deal with this equation, just estimate your Single-percentage

4. Vote your Single-percentage in the poll

Let's see what kind of interesting results we can get for the GaG community.

There are questions posted about open relationships, polyamory, swinging, and other non-traditional types of relationships, and questions which bash marriage as a failed institution, but not as many questions about the virtues and desirability of traditional marriage or a long-term committed and exclusive relationship. I think this is caused by people in non-traditional relationships needing to seek validation for their choices while people in traditional relationships don't have that same need. The result is that some users seem to perceive that traditional marriage and long term monogamy have lost their popularity because they don't often hear it being discussed in positive terms.

SO. . . you tell me. The question is not whether you want to get married or find a long term relationship immediately. If you are 17 or 18 years old, I wouldn't recommend that; date for a while and become familiar with the range of people available for relationships, but. . . eventually, do you want to be in a relationship that leads to a long term monogamous commitment or marriage?