Homosexual Unions Last Only 1.5 Years, Says New Study

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[GrinFranklin]

Just a preview of what this crowd is about.

[Sans-Culotte]

Shit. I was hoping they'd stay together long enough to pay the marriage penalty come April 15....

[Always Right]

Even in the gay community, they talk about the mythical gay couple. It is just not very common for gay relationships to last.

[Servant of the 9]

The hetero average isn't much longer.
It's only the child support payments that last.

So9

[chicagolady]

Then it stands to reason LAWYERS want to push Homosexual marragies so they can collect on divorce court.


JOB Security.

[Scenic Sounds]

Good for the lawyers!

[Always Right]

The hetero average isn't much longer.

7.2 years, if you care to know.

[JoeFromCA]

Further quote from the article: "It also found that men in homosexual relationships have an average of eight partners a year outside their main partnership, adding more evidence to the "stereotype" that homosexuals tend to be promiscuous."

Dang, I don't think my wife would tolerate that many (or even one) girlfriends/year.

[Malsua]

I don't know any Male to Male "marriages", but I do know quite a few female to female ones.

The Females that "do the ceremony" even though it's not recognized by the state, tend to stay together for 5+ years. I do know one circumstance where two females "married" and the one ignored it within 6 months. I know quite a few lesbians and of all of them, I'd say it's no better or worse than Male female marriages.

I'm against gay marriage however. Marriage is between a Man and a Women. I don't give a rats about what two people do at home, but don't expect me recognize unnatural acts as something to be cherised.

[cavtrooper21]

No kiddin'...
I might not LIVE through the first one, much less 7 or 8. My wife is selfish and doesn't like to share. ;^)

[billorites]

"Homosexual Unions Last Only 1.5 Years, Says New Study"

My wife and I've been married 22 years and 14 minutes is average for us.

6 minutes if I've been drinking.

[Cicero]

You time it?

[zarf]

Who wins? The lawyers. Again.

[gcruse]

The last figures for hetero marriage I heard was twenty years ago, when the average marriage lasted 6 years. I doubt it is much better today. Perhaps man/wife marriages should be disallowed because of high turnover, too.

[Michael Barnes]

Shit. I was hoping they'd stay together long enough to pay the marriage penalty come April 15....

I opened this thread and what happens first, Gin and Tonic spewed on my nice new shiny black keyboard...I think, nope, I'm certain; it's dripping down my monitor as well..

[Antoninus]

duh bump.

[DonQ]

In other words, homosexual marriages last about three times longer than Hollywood marriages.

[longtermmemmory]

don't think so. Divorce pays for lawyers if it is long and children are involved.

In fact many state bars activly encourage no asset short term marriages do-it-yourself. With standardised forms and affidavit requirements, it does not pay for any lawyer to do such a small case.

If anything, these 1.5 year marriages will clog dockets so that real divorce cases with real issues will eat up time on the docket.

[fatima]

billorites,Is it 6 minutes:)