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Re:Why Are Marriage Rates Down? Study Blames Lack of ‘Econom... by conductr on Friday September 06, 2019 @01:31AM (#20893326)
Well condoms are a must pretty much since HIV showed up... 40 years ago?? It’s not a rampant problem with people who play safe afaik.

My divorced friends all get sugar babies. Cost less than a wife, guys do what they want hobbies, workaholic, etc. Girls are there when they need them. Yes, it’s basically low volume prostitution

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Re:Why Are Marriage Rates Down? Study Blames Lack of ‘Econom... by mirimir on Friday September 06, 2019 @01:51AM (#20893389)
HIV was pretty much limited to male homosexuals until the mid 80s. Which is when I pretty much bailed on casual sex.

There was a heyday of condom-free casual sex during the 60s-70s, after convenient hormonal birth control had become available, and before HIV showed up. HSV was nasty, but not fatal, and there were antibiotics for most STDs.

My wife and I are more like roommates, in many ways. After 20 years, anyway. We love each other, but we have very different interests. But then, this is the third marriage for both of us, and kids were never part of it.

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