What Is the Best Age Difference for Husband and Wife?


	What Is the Best Age Difference for Husband and Wife?

wildcat

12-6-2007 9:33 PM

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12-7-2007 10:25 AM

syncopath

"We found that marrying women 14.6 years younger maximized men's lifetime reproductive success—in other words, the number of offspring surviving to age 18."

young is a good attitude 4 better survival .. -))

12-7-2007 10:25 AM

syncopath

1. Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. Groucho Marx

2. Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? Groucho Marx

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