Re:Why I Froze My Eggs
by sillysaurus on Saturday May 04, 2013 @03:39PM
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Can you back up that assertion?
Those who look for flings date more. Most men who date are looking for flings. Thus, it becomes more likely that most who date are looking for flings.
See Jaynes's book "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science"
Re:Why I Froze My Eggs
by illuminate on Sunday May 05, 2013 @01:10AM
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"Those who look for flings date more. Most men who date are looking for flings."
Most dates don't turn into anything serious, but I doubt most men who bother to date are looking for a "fling", your definition of "date" may just be overbroad.
Hence asking about per-capita, not per date, numbers. :).
Re:Why I Froze My Eggs
by sillysaurus on Saturday May 04, 2013 @04:47PM
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Well, most men are looking for flings (biologically). Some women are looking for flings. Whether or not most people are looking for flings depends on whether (A + B) / dating_population is > 0.5. I would suspect it is, but statistics to the contrary would be an interesting discovery.
On a per-capita basis (not per date, as casual dating may be more common), I'd guess that many (>60%, to put a number on it) of those in the dating market have at least some notion of a 5+ year future in potential dates.
My friends and I have generally looked for partners, not flings. A great long term match can be really worthwhile.