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A New Study Identifies Two Key Ingredients That Make a Woman a Threatening Romantic Rival
PsyPost ^ | October 9, 2025 | Karina Petrova

Posted on 10/10/2025 11:27:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: packrat35

I suppose if my husband overtly flirted with pretty women I would be anxious. Happily for ME, I had no worries in that regard.


21 posted on 10/10/2025 12:26:05 PM PDT by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: packrat35

The only ones I had angst about were the home wrecker ones seeking conquests no matter who or what they destroyed with their, dare I say it, promiscuous ways.


22 posted on 10/10/2025 12:29:05 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t think a study needed to be conducted to arrive at those results. It’s basically, “Well, duh!”


23 posted on 10/10/2025 12:31:14 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Twotone

Ditto. Never worried.


24 posted on 10/10/2025 12:33:13 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Lizavetta

So, if the wife was to say put on 50 pounds or so and cut off sex to once a month, the man may wander.


25 posted on 10/10/2025 12:37:48 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: Twotone

“ must be unusual, as I’ve NEVER worried about other women in the context of competing for a mate.”

There’s an old joke about this, can flip to male or female.

A girl came up to her lady friend who was looking a little down. “What’s wrong, she asked, weren’t you supposed to get married this week?”

“Yes,” replied the lady friend. “But my best friend ran off with my fiancé.”

“Your best friend?! That’s horrible! What’s her name?”

“I don’t know. But I sure appreciate her keeping me from making a terrible mistake.”


26 posted on 10/10/2025 12:39:20 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

A lot of truth in jokes. :-)

We should always bless those who prevent us from making a terrible mistake, however it is they do it.


27 posted on 10/10/2025 12:46:06 PM PDT by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: nickcarraway

Past 30 a woman is more likely to poach another woman’s man. Not because she is interested in a relationship, but because she is seeking validation as an attractive woman.

The irony is the farther ages past 30, the more vulnerable she becomes to the predations of married lotharios.


28 posted on 10/10/2025 12:57:57 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Lizavetta
Post-menopausal women often come across as accepting of age and infirmities, letting the weight pack on

So you're saying the sweet spot is post-menopause but pre-obesity?

29 posted on 10/10/2025 12:59:37 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: packrat35

They see the threat and as often as not, misbehave accordingly.

Hey ladies! Want your husband to stay home and not go chasing skirts? Give him what he wants regularly, whether you’re in the mood or not. He’s always in the mood. If you’re stingy, he’s searching.


30 posted on 10/10/2025 1:05:31 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (PLAUSIBLY ANTI-SEMITIC POSTS: Hardspunned 90% Nitzy 88% Right_In_Virginia 84% Liz 50% Mac_Truck 32%)
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To: nickcarraway

I can think of one...


31 posted on 10/10/2025 1:23:06 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Uncle Miltie

Don’t try to understand women, women understand women and they hate each other.


32 posted on 10/10/2025 1:28:43 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: nickcarraway

I think their next study will reveal that water is wet.


33 posted on 10/10/2025 1:29:09 PM PDT by bort
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To: nickcarraway

I take it the authors of this study don’t date much.


34 posted on 10/10/2025 1:46:21 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I always told my wife that I would never cheat. I also told her that I did not get married to be celibate either.

Stayed married 35 years till her passing last year.


35 posted on 10/10/2025 3:13:34 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: nickcarraway

“ their apparent willingness to compete for men and their physical ability to attract them.”

Duh.

L


36 posted on 10/10/2025 3:14:50 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.l)
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To: nickcarraway

Some women like to go after men in a relationship.

Every time I was dating or in a serious relationship, other women would come on to me.

When single...crickets.

Must be the scent of a woman! /groan


37 posted on 10/10/2025 3:31:04 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus

I am a firm believer in the scent of woman, and it works both ways. They can tell if you’ve been on an extended losing streak and won’t have anything to do with you.


38 posted on 10/10/2025 3:39:45 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Jeff Chandler
So you're saying the sweet spot is post-menopause but pre-obesity?

My eyes tell me that obesity hits (for those that let it) far, far before menopause. I don't get how even the young ones don't seem to care. I've been overweight before and hated every minute of it.

39 posted on 10/10/2025 4:02:07 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: nickcarraway
two distinct factors: their apparent willingness to compete for men and their physical ability to attract them.

They needed a “study” to figure this out? Who was paying for it—USAID?

40 posted on 10/10/2025 6:05:14 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Columbus Day! We're back, Italians! We love the Italians, okay?” Trump said. )
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