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Next exam in about an hour. Yesterday i spent about 10 hours studying and preparing. Did 12 mock tests scoring pretty well. Lowest mark i got was 82 and highest was 98. Only 2 of the 12 were under 85. So i feel pretty positive. Let's hope all goes well.

Slash his tires, or key his door, or something.

Luckily it was covered with insurance!! Had a friend get backed into today in the bank parking lot... 1993 Mazda RX7 with 65k original miles. Ruined the door and half the rear quarter. Here's some photos of my new 330i And yes, that is an E30 behind the E46 (older 3 series, 1986) selling it today lol Guy who bought my miata ruined it (blew up clutch master cylinder, pilot bearing seperated (brand new clutch), then spun a rod bearing in the motor..) I never really liked the look of the "older" 3's much for some reason. But i'm starting to like them more and more. They just seem... idk a bit more rugged or something. Some of the newer 6 and 7's just seem too delicate. Like they're meant for a diplomat and not for the average Joe. My dream car: I'm currently "stuck" with this. Bought it in the US. I used to have a 2006 Explorer (which i fricken loved) and i wanted to import it, but you can't import cars older than 5 years iirc (unless they're like 40 years old and meant to be "show cars" or something like that). So i had to sell it. Couldn't get the price i was looking for. I think the book value was something like $6k at the time but it was in mint condition. I originally bought it from a lady that pretty much just used it for carpooling. Had low mileage for the year too. So i didn't really want to drop too much below $6k. Best offer i got was around $4k iirc. Took it to the ford dealer and they told me if i traded it in, i can pick up the Mustang for an $25k. Was a 2012 with relatively low mileage too. So i figured it was a pretty solid deal. Not fond of the colour of the roof, but that's a minor detail i suppose. I'm currently saving up for that M3. That is such a beautiful M3.... And where did you have the mustang imported to? I know overseas mustangs are VERY hard to come by. I had a military friend take his 2008 automatic GT mustang with him to japan and sold it for the equivalent of $55,000 USD. Might be able to trade that mustang for your dream car ;) Yeah man the M3 is amazing, not sure what it'll cost to get it looking like that though. Anyway i imported it to Qatar. We get mustangs here, for more or less the same price as they are in the US (i think about 5-10% more). Mustangs are pretty popular here too. If you buy a used one though you're not likely to get a good deal. People here drive their cars really hard, especially if it's something like a Charger, Challenger, Mustang, Camaro, etc. You'll be buying a 2 year old car with a 5 year old engine.

This is something i don't understand. Perhaps i'm ignorant for thinking the way i do. But how is anything in Runescape "hard" to understand in today's world. If you're having trouble finding a good method to train a skill, there's hundreds of guides on the internet. If none of them help, there are fansites that can help. I can accept that it's "hard" to understand how to train skills the most efficient way possible without losing a game-tick, cause i assume usually those methods require precisely timed clicks, or precisely places clicks. But even that is something that a player can learn. Most are just not bothered enough because they don't want to bother with all the clicking. The same thing goes for bosses. With the exception of maybe Nex, KK, Rago, Rots and Araxxor (these bosses have a slight learning curve, but with practice becomes a lot easier), none of the bosses are really hard to understand. Bandos, Zamorak, Armadyl and Saradomin, King Black Dragon, Chaos Elemental, etc. are all pretty much: Click on Boss -> Revolution till high Adrenaline -> unload Thresholds -> Revolution till high Adrenaline -> unload Thresholds -> repeat till boss is dead, while eating/drinking as appropriate. Loot boss, repeat process. Jad could be a challenge the first few times if you don't know what prayer switching is. QBD can be a challenge the first few times if you don't know what to do. KQ can be a challenge the first few times if you don't know to bring different combat styles for her two phases. But even then, there are hundreds of guides out there (new and old) that give you a detailed explanation on any boss in Runescape. The hard part has been done by now. People have already spent countless hours dying over and over to a bosses trying to figure out what needs to be done. All you need to do is read and/or watch. All you need to do is sacrifice 15 minutes of your gametime to learn. And this is the problem, people are too lazy to learn. It's not that people have a hard time understanding, it's more that people don't give a shit about learning. I myself am not the best PvMer. I'm probably below average. I died to Araxxor 23 times (give or take a few) on the 1st Path (the one with the minions). It was frustrating, but each time i got closer and closer. My second attempt on the 3rd path i was able to do it. Nex was pretty much the same thing when it first came out. I died a few times, but every time i gained experience and learned what not to do. It just takes some patience to get the hang of things. But i guess thanks to SoF and TH that's something not many people have anymore. No one wants to "work" for an achievement. No one wants learn. If it's not given to them they don't want it even if it's a stretch of the arm away.

It's time to take it one step further and add some PVP requirements. Bossing and skilling is only a tiny part of the endgame. Well, PVP has certainly been historically a part of RS, until Jagex killed it - long before Comp was released, though. But if they wanted to add a PVP requirement, they certainly could and just about everyone would easily boost it. What kind of requirement could they realistically add? (Get X amount of kills?) I can't see too many PVP requirements that would require legitimate effort. Also, skilling and bossing are not a tiny part of the endgame. They are basically the most of the endgame. PVP was long ago banished as a serious component of RS. That said, if they really wanted to go there again (this would only be their 2423th failed attempt to revive PVP) I wouldn't be outright opposed to it. Well PvP requirements could have work if done right. Let's take the Crucible for example. Make one world for the Crucible, and one worlds only. The Crucible will also only become active once enough players are on that world or in the Crucible lobby itself. Make the Comp requirement something like "Become a high value target in the Crucible". To become a high value target you have to defeat your assigned target. Targets are assigned randomly based on i guess combat level or "skill" (Total PvM kills or Total PvP kills) or whatever. There needs to x-amount of players that fit in your criteria before matchmaking starts. If there are not enough players that matches the criteria no target will be assigned but you'll still be able to attack other players based on your and their combat level. Having only 1 world for the Crucible, that only becomes active once a certain amount of players are there means you can't get a group of people together and boost. I don't know, i'm just spit-balling. Probably still easy to boost or find a way around this. Hah, i think i was on teamspeak when you were doing your Rots kill with Charles and the gang :D It's very nice of someone to lead you through the battle once like they do to give you some experience in how it works, they have a very nice motto: "As long as you try to give an effort". But i didn't do rots with Charles, i did Varago. Managed to fix my mic now so i might join up again on the channel for a talk at a later time ^^ Oh i could have sworn it was Rots, i guess i'm mistaking lol. But it was nice of them. When i did my Rots kill with them Charles died on our first attempt, and i think it was because i messed up, on the second kill same thing happened. The other two ended up dying too and i was left alone. They didn't once get annoyed or angry. I was on TS while he was doing a lot of other kills too, and with some people it took them more than 10 attempts to get the kill. They kept their cool the entire time, helped them out, tried correcting their errors, etc.

I'm looking for a set of wings to go with a 120 cape (Hp/Def) but not quite sure what to get. I think it looks pretty cool when you have wings and a cape.

Luckily it was covered with insurance!! Had a friend get backed into today in the bank parking lot... 1993 Mazda RX7 with 65k original miles. Ruined the door and half the rear quarter. Here's some photos of my new 330i And yes, that is an E30 behind the E46 (older 3 series, 1986) selling it today lol Guy who bought my miata ruined it (blew up clutch master cylinder, pilot bearing seperated (brand new clutch), then spun a rod bearing in the motor..) I never really liked the look of the "older" 3's much for some reason. But i'm starting to like them more and more. They just seem... idk a bit more rugged or something. Some of the newer 6 and 7's just seem too delicate. Like they're meant for a diplomat and not for the average Joe. My dream car: I'm currently "stuck" with this. Bought it in the US. I used to have a 2006 Explorer (which i fricken loved) and i wanted to import it, but you can't import cars older than 5 years iirc (unless they're like 40 years old and meant to be "show cars" or something like that). So i had to sell it. Couldn't get the price i was looking for. I think the book value was something like $6k at the time but it was in mint condition. I originally bought it from a lady that pretty much just used it for carpooling. Had low mileage for the year too. So i didn't really want to drop too much below $6k. Best offer i got was around $4k iirc. Took it to the ford dealer and they told me if i traded it in, i can pick up the Mustang for an $25k. Was a 2012 with relatively low mileage too. So i figured it was a pretty solid deal. Not fond of the colour of the roof, but that's a minor detail i suppose. I'm currently saving up for that M3.

Hah, i think i was on teamspeak when you were doing your Rots kill with Charles and the gang :D

Firs exam in about an hour. Been scoring well on mock tests all morning. Feel really prepared. Decided to take 3 instead of just 2 today. I got this. EDIT: Passed all 3 :D Good, positive start. 1 more on Friday, and another on Monday.

"are you sure you've never driven before, because there has been a spate of unsolved hit and runs recently and long story short i'm calling the police" Oh. @Gwyn Manual, gear changing was the only thing that took a while to get used to. Kinda surprised I was allowed to drive on public roads within ~20 minutes of starting, but I guess I kinda knew the concepts behind driving already... Might be why it was easier? Idk. Or maybe you just expected a very basic exercise to be more difficult than it is in reality. I always laughed when people made "OMG driving is so easy i must be a driving god" posts on Facebook. Like... did you expect it to be like flying a 787?

I'm pretty sure that most online multiplayer games always have a few achievements/trophies that require you to interact with other players in some form or another, whether it's co-op, pvp, or something else. To "complete" these games (unlocking all achievements, etc.) also often requires some form or skill and/or luck. It's an imperative part of any online multiplayer game. It separate those who can, from those who can't. Those who were willing to learn and adjust, from those who are unwilling to try. Finally, @Sy, i find your reasoning to be pisspoor. "And what makes this whole mess worse is they openly acknowledge not everyone can do group bosses - they put in a toggle to stop kk, nex, rago and rots being assigned for that exact reason." Anyone CAN do group bosses. Not everyone WANTS to do group bosses. If you're at the stage where you're complaining about a boss kill for a comp requirement chances are you are close to being comped and have access to Ports armour and Chaotics. All of which is sufficient to kill any boss in Runescape. If you're having trouble finding a team, no one and nothing is stopping you from hosting your own "event". I'm certain that the interest will be overwhelming. Soul Reaper was not released exclusively for players who are maxed/comped. It wasn't released exclusively for players aiming to be maxed/comped. I don't see why they have to be subjected to the same standards as the people who are maxed/comped or at least aiming to be.

I was thinking the same thing sorta. My friend whom I've mentioned in the past is engaged now to a girl that's below his previous "standards." She's anorexic, super dramatic/[bleep]y, etc. Their relationship is notorious for being super unhealthy from the get-go. He always would complain to me about the relationship in the past, and I obviously told him to just end it... but he didn't because he was too afraid to hurt her feelings and he felt like a dick. So now he's engaged instead >_> So now the question is: has he been w/ her long enough that he's actually grown to "love" her? Or is he just too afraid to break up with her and would rather get married instead? Probably a little bit of both, but we'll never know :P I think in a situation like that you don't grow to love a person, you learn to tolerate the things that used to annoy you. Or you choose to ignore them because you know it's only going to start an argument when you bring it up. I think this shows a lack of self-worth, to be honest. Having to change yourself to accommodate (possibly drastically) your partner. If you're unable to communicate these things without fear of altercation, or without the ability to handle such an altercation, you should not be in said relationship to begin with. Very unhealthy. If something bothers me, i talk to my girlfriend about it, we find a mutual solution. Relationships are (and should be) give a bit, get a bit. You can't be on the giving side the whole time.

"Charles" fc might be of some assistance. He helps people get the kills assuming he has friends online willing to help. It might be hard to find kills with him sometimes. I had to wait 2 days for my Rots kill and about 2 more days for my Vorago kill. He usually does 10-man rago kills. Himself and 3 experienced friends, with 6 "newbies". With rots he takes 3 experienced and 1 newbie. So you can understand why kills can be slow at times. It all depends on whether or not he has friends online, and which "boss" has higher demand on that day. I'm not sure how long his fc is still going to be running. As an alternative "Rago PvM" is the most active Rago fc i found that doesn't have top tier gear requirements. For them you need t80/90 Powergear with t80 weapons or t90 weapons with Ports/t80 Powergear. Their masses can go bigger than 10-man. I did a kill with them too. For people who need KK/Nex kills there are two FCs with low requirements. I think they only require Chaotics with Ports/t80 Powergear (GWD armour might be acceptable, i can't remember). LS KK 247 LS Nex 247 EDIT: I should add that probably a big portion of the people complaining about the kills being requirements have little or no experience with the bosses at all. They just assume it's hard/impossible based on the gear requirements set by other players. Neither rago nor rots were difficult (at all). Rago was a bit stressful for me due to a few missclicks and people dying left and right, but i finished the kill with more than a few Rocktails. On my Rots kill i used maybe 15 Rocktails, if that. For both of them i assumed that i was going to have to use every defensive ability i could, use up all my food, and shield camp for half the kill. On neither of them that turned out to be the case. I think a lot of people don't realise that these bosses are easier than they think.

In Greece, stuck in a Hotel room. First two exams are tomorrow at 11:30 and 12:30. Anxious, but i've been scoring high 90's on my mock exams today so i feel prepared. Sun goes down so late here. It's strange. Arrived at about 14:00 yesterday, unpacked, got settled, started studying at around 15:00. Didn't realise how late it was till i finally checked my watch only to find that it was already 20:00. Probably a good thing, i find myself unable to focus as well during the evening as i do when the sun is out. So getting an extra 3 hours of productive studying a day is good. Can't wait for this session to end and go revisit some of my favorite places in Greece.

There's a couple different issues with this depending upon who you ask. My personal view is that regular comp shouldn't be about twitch skills. The newer bosses are a lot more reflex and timing oriented than the older ones and many players (especially the ones that started playing RS back when it was the farthest thing from twitch gaming you could find) just can't do it. Comp cape was about determination and if you put the time in anyone could get it. A lot of the new bosses change that and I disagree with the change. Kind of attached to that idea, is that ROTS and Rago set a standard that people would have assumed Jagex would stick with. If Jagex had decided that hard bosses were trim reqs then someone could reasonably assume that they could go for comp safely without having to worry about difficult PvM, this req is bait and switch on those players who have achieved comp or worked towards it with that understanding. Some players disagree with having to work together and depend upon other players for regular comp reqs. There really weren't any difficult team reqs on the comp cape. There was heroes and shiel of arrav quests where you briefly meet up with someone, there was unlocking some songs and playing a game of soul wars where while you needed other players a lot of players got those done while treating the other players like Npc's a.k.a. no real team interaction. None of this stuff was difficult at all and any interaction was pretty minimal. Those solo compers view Comp reqs as mainly a solo achievement, don't mind solo bosses being on the req but don't want group bosses on there. Lastly, there's the Power to the Players aspects of it. Mod Ryan refuses any compromises suggested so far to make it more amenable to players and doesn't seems to mainly be listening to the major PvM type players over compers/trimmers/regular players. There was a straw poll on HLF where over 60% of players wanted at least ROTS and Rago removed, with some wanting even more bosses removed. Also, a lot of the responses to the req on the boss slayer thread were negative, which took up a lot of the responses to the update. It doesn't help that the supporters of the req seem to be a lot more disrespectful than the people who have an issue with the req calling them lazy, worthless, bank standers, e-daters, etc. (Granted, I think a lot of these are just trolls and don't actually represent the PvM community.) I fully agree with this. I am revolted by the idea that you need to work with other people to trudge through something for comp. Just getting the music is good enough. Getting the kill is trim. I don't really like team content, ESPECIALLY when it restricts teamsize to 4. I only really want to get the cosmetics, which is 50 kills of all bosses and then some. I'm fine with all the bosses on that list, except rots, vorago,and posibly corp because there is no instance. The reason team content is so bad is because of elitism within the community. And i think that's something Jagex either chooses to overlook or they just can't see it (which is ridiculous because it's a very "in-your-face" problem). This was very noticeable after DG had been released for a few months. Those who had a better understanding of how floors worked, how to be efficient, and how to be decent at "keying" managed to find teams and/or clans with a lot more ease than the casual gamer. This made getting 120, or even 99, such a hateful thing for so many players. The DG worlds soon became packed with players that had no idea what they were doing, because anyone half decent at the skill would do so with their regulars, friends, or clan members. This made Dungeoneering extremely tedious and frustrating. Requirements for joining clans only became stricter, too. You constantly had to improve, get faster, get better. Same thing happened with the release of Nex. At first all you needed were Chaotic weapons and Armadyl armour. I think at some point Blessed Spirit Shields were accepted, Chaotic shileds were better, and Divine/Ely meant you could get into almost any team. Few months after that it was hard getting in a team if you didn't have Pernix, Div/Ely and a 2 or 3 Melee switch. Now it's impossible to get a Trio if you don't have t90 equipment, even though it's still possible to do it with the requirements set on the first day of release. If you want to make any sort of consistent money with the higher end bosses you need high end equipment, otherwise you're stuck with masses where you either get a split barely enough to break even/justify your time spent, or you're stuck in a mass where people have LSP so high you're not likely to see a drop for weeks. With that being said, if you're (not addressing anyone in particular complaining about rago/rots/nex/kk because it's difficult finding a team, then you might be as out of touch with the game as the Jmods themselves. As i have mentioned, finding a mass for KK and Nex are both extremely easy. Rago and Rots has (had) and FC dedicated to helping people get the kill requirement, and on top of that rago masses will become a lot more common i'm sure. Rots will probably be the only thing that will still have it's strict requirements.

Just feel sad for them, to be honest. Not worth getting frustrated over. Chances are they're more frustrated than you, which is why they resort to cat calling. As for the first post you made. Muggi is right. Boys will be boys. I think a lot of guys act the way your boyfriend does (did) as a way to seek "approval". I'll call a girl i like a 5/10 and ask my friends what they think. It's stupid and juvenile, but boys don't want to date a girl if everyone else thinks she's ugly. It's good that you confronted him, i guess you had every right to do so. You did (sort of) invade his privacy by doing so, but hey there's no room for privacy in a relationship. When i first started seeing my girlfriend like 5 years ago i don't think any of my friends had much good to say about her either. I don't think they really had any problem with her, they probably just had a problem with me potentially spending more time with her and less time with her. One guy though, did have a lot of negative things to say about her. He kept making racial comments (which i found ironic because he was trying his utmost best to get with an Indian girl at the time). If i remember correctly though, he disliked her because she rejected his advances at a party a few months before we started dating. One of my female friends also disliked her, but that was because she had a thing for me but never really made it apparent. So i guess she had a reason to dislike my girlfriend too. I believe i even made some "inappropriate" comments too, but nothing severe. I recall telling a friend of mine that i don't plan on being with this girl for too long. Just have a "summer fling" then move on. Those were my actual intentions at the time, though. But when my relationship with my girlfriend got a bit more serious i sat down with her one day and told her all of this because i didn't want her to hear it from one of my friends. I explained to her why i said the things i said, and i guess she understood them. On the other hand, i know she was in more or less the same situation. None of her friends liked me at all. Her closest friends (2 guys and 2 girls) hated me, for no real reason. I was still relatively shy at the time so whenever i spent time with her and her friends, i wouldn't really say much. They took this as "he thinks he's too good for us". One of her guy friends would make a point of it to make me feel uncomfortable, the other one would stare at me, and her girl friend would just not really give me the time of day. Later it came out that her friends thought (knew) i was just trying to use her. The longer i stayed around, the more accepting they became. Of those 4 friends i think only one of them still dislike me, but that's just because our personalities clash a bit. The two girls like me. One of them is very similar to me. Her relationship with her boyfriend is similar to my relationship with my girlfriend. We basically play the same role in our relationships, so we have a lot to relate to. Whenever we hang out now the two of us get along great. The other guy friend also warmed up to me a lot. We started haning out alone, going to the desert with some of his other friends, stuff like that. He's very selective with whom he hangs out, so being "accepted into his group" is something that doesn't happen very often. Whenever we go out now, him and i get along great too despite not having much in common. I wouldn't say i ever "tried" to gain their acceptance. I never changed any aspect of my personality or behavior when i was around any of them. I tried to always be myself, do and say the stupid things i always do. Treat my girlfriend the same with them as i would when we were alone, even if some of it was a bit weird or embarrassing. Gaining their "respect" or having them finally "approve of me" just took some time, but it's not something i kept calendar of. I didn't go to sleep every night telling myself "only x-amount of days left till they like me". I kind of figured that (and this is how i still feel) i'm dating her. I'm not dating her friends and her family. Whether they like/accept me or not is really not any of my concern. It doesn't bother me. It shouldn't bother me. It won't bother me. Whether they talk shit about me when i leave the room or not doesn't bother me. And when they talk shit to my face i'll give them my opinion on the matter, tell them i respect their opinion, and let it go. How they feel about me after that is up to them and really doesn't phase me. Generally i get along with most people i meet anyway, because in real life i play the role of the "helpful" and "nice-guy". Point is... He's still with you right now. If he's attractive enough to have caught your attention he's attractive enough to have caught the attention of several other girls. You're not his only option. He's not with you because you're "a nice girl and he doesn't want to hurt your feelings". If he's wiling to talk bad about you behind your back, do you honestly think he's going to care about hurting your feelings? Chances are he won't. If he's said any of those things recently, or says any of those things in the future, i'd question it. But seeing as it was all said before you actually started dating it's probably just approval seeing and slight immaturity. Nothing to stress over. Sorry for the wall, kind of went off an a tangent. Combination of medication and exams stress, lol.

Personally i was annoyed when i heard that i'd have to kill each boss at least once to keep my comp cape. But that was mainly because i thought finding teams would be very hard. Soon after i realised that this was in fact not the case. KK and Nex masses are plenty and require t80 gear. Rago was fairly easy too, and the gear requirements weren't that strict either. The only one that i can imagine giving you some trouble is Rots. Since it's only a 4-man boss, you'll usually have a hard time finding a team if you don't have top tier gear. The rest of the bosses are extremely easy to solo, even with the lower tiered equipment. If you've got a comp you'll almost certainly have chaotics and ports armour which is all that's needed for most of the bosses. Even Araxxor is just a matter of learning. You don't need anything more than Chaotics and Ports. I'm happy that we get the option to turn group bosses off, as well. Personally i feel like it's a fair requirement for comp cape, but that we should be given the option to receive group bosses as an assignment. With that being said i do feel like group bosses such as Rago, Nex and KK will be a lot easier to find teams for in the future duo to people going for the "Final Boss" title. Rots will probably be the only one to keep a fairly strict requirement for teams. What i found kind of sad the other day when browsing HLF the other day. I came across a thread asking for support on making Final Boss a trim Req. I think the thread was started by someone that was maxed or comped (i'm fairly certain he didn't have trim). Almost everyone supporting the idea was either maxed, close to max, or comped. Most of them didn't have trim, wasn't even close to trim, and probably had no intention to trim. There was one comment in specific saying "Support, make them suffer". I found this quite petty.

My copy of D3 UEE is in the air, and on it's way to my doorstep. Should arrive there either tomorrow or day after. When i get back home on the 26th... i won't be leaving my room for a week.

Well... you have a few options then 1.) Let them repair it, and be without a laptop for a few weeks. 2.) Don't do anything about it and be without a laptop until you buy a new one. 3.) Let them refund/replace, have a new laptop almost right away, but with worse specs. Really just depends on how badly you need the laptop, or if you'll be able to use someone else's for the time being.

Then store should cover it. If i was in your position, i would push them to repair it. You already know that a refund/replacement is going to screw you over. Repairing it might only solve the issue temporarily anyway (till it happens again), but in my opinion this is the only way you should proceed whether it's financially viable for them or not.

Personally I'd have them repair it. At the moment that is the best course of action for you. Whether it is financially advisable for them, is not your concern. If they are willing to spend $700 on repairing the problem, then you shouldn't worry about it. Unless they're going to charge you for anything, I see no reason why you should be against them repairing it unless the damages sustained is in some way your fault and repairing the laptop would make this visible. Refunding or replacing is obviously not viable for you, since you're going to end up with either a worse laptop, or not enough money to purchase one with similar specs. Either way, you're going to get the raw deal unless you have them repair it. If the store is unwilling to co-operate you'll have no choice but to contact the manufacturer. But again, this will end up putting you on the wrong side of a bad deal. The laptop is past it's warranty. Unless you have an extended product warranty you'll have to pay for the repairing. I don't think the extended warranty you purchase at the store has any relevance to the manufacturer. So even if you purchased a 5 year warranty from the store, all your repairs will have to be done through them. However, if you purchased an extended warranty from the manufacturer, you should be covered in that regard. Strictly speaking it's not illegal to sell demo models as long as the customer is made aware of this, and as long as they are made aware of the effect this has on their warranty.

http://mindfulconstruct.com/2009/02/14/why-neither-monogamy-nor-polyamory-are-more-natural/ Edit: The reason modern day marriages are often ended in separation and divorce is because of how easy it is to get married (sign-here-and-here-Viva-Las-Vegas-open-24-7-marriage) , and how poorly people (couples) understand marriage (due to media/radio/television/hollywood). People rush into marriage, thinking it's the quick fix to their unhappy lives, thinking their partner is the solution to all their needs, thinking "this will solve my problems and make me happy". Their ideas of a happy marriage is based on what they've seen on television. Perfect husbands who bring home the bacon, mow the lawn, take out the trash, does what his wife asks, never said no, always smiles. Perfect stepford wives, that clean, cook, home-make, never says no, always says yes, never argues, This is obviously unrealistic, but this is the way a marriage is portrayed. And this transfers over to non-marriage relationship types too. I know when me and my girlfriend argue money of these reasons are the cause of it. So marriage ends because of unrealistic expectations and a misconception of what marriage is. It's kind of like a team sport, the only way to win is to work as a team. This of course all depends on your understanding of happiness, too. This argument is reinforced y the fact that most of the articles posted are usually more relevant to western cultures. And i'm sure most of it will have no relevance in say, a traditional Arabic marriage. They have Arranged Marriages (usually). They don't expect to love their partner right away (maybe not ever), but that does not mean they're unhappy either. Because their expectation of marriage is different. They don't expect smiles and sunshine, they expect a big house, a nice car, and money to go shopping. I'm sure that's how it is for most women in the Arabic countries. They don't necessarily love their partners, but this does not make them unhappy or unsatisfied because their partner gives them what makes them happy (according to their cultural beliefs). Children, money, security, etc. So i'll agree that the divorce rate is high, and that more than 50% of marriages will end in divorce. But saying the cause of this is "people are meant to love more than one" is ridiculous. The reason is because people don't understand marriage, and that our expectations are unrealistic. Not always our own faults. This is just the way television tailored us. Something more or less appropriate: http://www.theriseofeve.com/2013/08/why-the-divorce-rate-is-so-high-observations-from-the-front-row-seat-of-a-couples-counselor/

Of course not. No one choosing to be monogamous can understand statistics. We're just all mindless drones, aren't we? Simple fact is, my previous post is based on a reliable source of testing. Not some guy that asked 100 guys in a bar, the same question. Again, i'm not saying anything bad against Poly. All i'm saying is if you're going to advertise it so much perhaps you should let people know that their kids are going to fail, and they're going to start beating their women.

Well polygamy is all good and well when you're a guy it seems. But according to something i read the other day ( it was research done by Brown Uni) women is polygamous relationships are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse. And children who's parents are in polygamous relationships are more likely to NOT succeed. It has been proven through their studies that children who get a good amount of attention and financial support from their father are more likely to succeed. And children of polygamous fathers more often that not, don't get the needed financial support or attention. I mean, i think if you're going to encourage polygamy on this thread so much, at least in the future you should show people both sides of the coin and not just the shiny side. Sure, you'll probably have more sex. But are you okay with your children being statistically expected to fail? Are you okay with your partners being statistically more likely to be abused (either by you or one of her other partners).

Found this kind of interesting. Guess being in a relationship has it's upsides.