Study: Gay couples are vastly happier than heterosexual couples.
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Great story!! Thanks for sharing!
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I'd love to have a look at the actual study. Where they asking people "Are you happy?" or were they testing for indicators of contentment?
It would be good to see this research replicated in other countries.
That would be nice too. As raphjd mentioned, they do not have the conflictive gender issues but also relationships are more complex: they don't depend solely on who you are with, but also about factors of your lifestyle and current situation and how each member deals with their own issues and those of their partner.
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I can readily believe it (queer folks TEND to be less judgemental of what is "too much"). I'd still like to see the real data, though.
Link: https://www.queerty.com/study-gay-couples-vastly-happier-heterosexual-couples-20171215
A new study strongly suggests same-sex couples are conspicuously happier than their straight brothers and sisters.
Researchers questioned over 25,000 people in the United Kingdom and more than 9,000 in Australia.
The data they collected led them to conclude gay and lesbian couples are quite content and just really feeling themselves.
On the other hand, bisexual people were on average less happy in their relationships than heterosexual or homosexual couples.
The study was conducted by Janeen Baxter and Francisco Perales at the University of Queensland.
“Relationship quality in same-sex couples was as high as in heterosexual couples in the United Kingdom,” they conclude, “and higher in Australia.”
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I suspect it is because gay couples often dissolve as soon as the initial infatuation evaporates, whereas straight couples tend to stay together long after that.
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Well, after all the shits we went through in the closet. I'd say we deserve a lil bit more happiness than the "normal" ones, right?
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I love:)
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yes, it is
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Well, after all the shits we went through in the closet. I'd say we deserve a lil bit more happiness than the "normal" ones, right?
Yes! Out of the closet happiness. I was so back in the closet it took me years to find my way out. :afr2:
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not really. i dont think so
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Can some men now stop str8 acting and be gay for once >:D
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Do gay relationships even last long enough to establish a healthy relationship in the first place? I find it hard to believe this study considering A LOT of homo's are cheaters and like to ho around with every ab monster they see.
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Do gay relationships even last long enough to establish a healthy relationship in the first place? I find it hard to believe this study considering A LOT of homo's are cheaters and like to ho around with every ab monster they see.
Self-hatred much?!
I'm pushing near 30 years with the same man and never cheated. Sure, we argue (much less as time goes by) but it would be strange if we agreed on everything.
Looking at other guys IRL or watching porn isn't cheating or being a ho.
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Not likely, considering how many gay men who are single it's clear their relationships didn't last.
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A lot of single people, regardless of sexual orientation, are single because they don't want to be tied down or can't be bothered.
A hetero friend of mine is single because he loves to travel and do extreme stuff. He's a great looking guy that could get any girl he wanted if he did the "shopping trip to Paris" type travel. That's not him.
I'm lucky. I found a man who wants the same thing out of life; a mini farm, with say about 5 to 10 acres. Not many fags want that. If we had the money, we'd move in a heartbeat. Until then, we do the best we can in town.
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Oh yeah.
Let's not forget all the studies that show that hetero guys say they get more from Bromances than from a girlfriend.
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I believe it's true. First of all gay men are far more open and honest about things, and most of the most successful relationships are not strictly monogamous my own included. We play with others, but right now at least only together. Lack of fire in the sheets is a cause of a lot of divorces. Secondly, gay men don't typically rush into relationships - well not nearly like hetero couples tend to. LOTS of bed hopping is normal for most gay guys, let's face it - women in particular even now in 2018 don't normally get that kind of latitude without a lot of really unkind blowback. So they wind up marrying the first goofball to whip out a ring with a WHOLE lot of unanswered questions. Then everyone is all shocked when 3 years in she gets busted fucking his best friend lol. Personally I don't believe man was meant to be monogamous.
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Not surprising. Think of all the unhappy couples that stay together for the kids. We don't have that problem as much.
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I think that hetero married couples go into things with insanely unrealistic expectations to begin with. There is much truth to the adage "Men get married hoping she will never change, women get married CERTAIN she can change him." I have seen it first hand, and when the latter doesn't pan out as she hoped the discord begins. Gay men aren't stupid like that, we pretty much know that what we see is what we got.
Most hetero men wind up looking for some version of their Mom, because they want to be taken care of. The odd part about that is no matter how dysfunctional that woman was - they usually wind up with a very close facsimile. I have a high school friend who married a crazy bipolar bitch just like his Mom. Women have a different yard stick, they are all convinced they can mold men into what they want.
Add 2 or three screaming brats, a quarter measure of in-law turmoil, 1/3 measure of fiscal stress freshly squeezed from "keep up with the Jones's", top it off with a sprinkle of un-fulfilled dreams and broken promises and VOILA! You have the typical "American dream". What cracks me up is that people find this somehow surprising.
He was a pig who couldn't find her "G" spot with both hands and a flashlight before she said "I do", now she managed to SHOW him it's location, but he is no longer interested as the minute he said "I do" she pulled the ripcord, and her inner fat girl came tumbling out. She packed on 95 lbs of "baby" weight, her boobs look like a pair of blown out speed bags, and that sexy belly button ring is now enveloped in a ton of stretch marked flab, and her once snug little pussy looks like a scene from "Alien".
He on the other hand assumed his rightful place on the throne in front of the TV, his once svelte mid section hanging over his old sweat pants, he works a job he has come to hate, only to come home to the mayhem and a stack of bills. He can't be bothered to pick up the toy collection he walked over, or the mess he left on the end table from the day before - his Mom handled it just fine, she had better too. He will pull his least dirty clothes back out of the dirty laundry rather than actually washing a load, he will sit and stew over his disillusionment while watching gay porn. The American dream.
By the way lol, THAT was my older adopted sister's description of her first marriage (I added the gay porn thing lol). She is now on number 5, with 4 kids by two husbands, and 2 tummy tucks and a boob job later I am seeing signs that 2 years in number 5 is about out of runway - I expect once he pays for her butt lift he is toast.
HOW could anything be wrong? :crazy2: :cheers:
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This looks like something worth investigating
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probs cause of more sex lol
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