A bride should be five years younger than her groom, should come from the same cultural background, and be the more intelligent of the pair if couples are to have a successful marriage, scientists have announced.
Apparently the critical difference in intelligence is 27%… leading to a 20% increase in the probability of a good marriage. Perhaps eHarmony can include these critical findings in their much vaunted Compatibility algorithm. I have already included them in my spreadsheet!
HT : The Daily Telegraph
A Geek's Life 
I thot it ws some formula that'd send me to the lab and make me highly desirable and guarantee my being married this year.
Nonetheless, I've been enlightened. Off to find 30yr old, non-genius yoruba men:))
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lol…. at least it 'helps' you clarify the screening criteria 🙂
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Where did u whip this formula from and LMAO at Funkola…i totally default on all criteria (apart from being the smarter one…lol, he musnt ever read this)and we're doing pretty good if i must say o…where do these scientists come from
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Yikes…i just got me a spanking…lol…i still insist i'm smarter…lol
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lol.. u're on your own o…….. user discretion advised..
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So much for scientists…
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Ah, scientists! I'll wait for the revision of this formula instead…you know there WILL be a revision, lol
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LOL! well I guess I am on the right path..:)
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LOL *thumbs up* at "should be the more intelligent of the pair." Haha! 😀
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Lmao! i'm not surprised at the "should be at least 27% more intelligent than the man". it's the only way we can take most of the things men dish lol *No man basher, me*
Well, i guess i'm the right sex, ey? *Yikes* hahaahaha
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We default on all other counts but yeah I think I'm smarter too, lol…
Maybe that is the most important criteria and the easiest too I dare say.
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*off to find a guy 5yrs older than me that I'm smarter than* The later ain't so hard to do but 5yrs???
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lol….110% agree….heheheheh
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And here I wanted a guy who was closer in age to me than five years! I better take this to heart and I'll be married in no time!
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5 yrs older(or more?)- check
Smarter- Check, check
I guess we're good to go.. lol
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hmmmmm
That explains y MM & i are so good together, we checked on all criteria. hehehehehehe
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Lol,I think I can manage the I'd fare well in the age department but men I seem to attract are the extremely brainy ones.. How about that huh?
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Makes sense to me. lol! Got to send this to Husband and see what he thinks.
Mr. RustGeek, how are things?
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lol @ the findings. Let me go see what I can do.
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lol@ 'non-genius yoruba man'
…these scientist no get work, apparently. lol!
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This is funny, but I think its true….I dont know about the 5 years age difference though
Na wa for you sef, where you see this one again. Baguci don come again
How are you doing?
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guess i need to start working with this formula…
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its true though! I know guys who date women either much younger, or much older…people of the same age tend to fight more. Either way all these dating tests are scams…the only site that worked for me at least was reelspark.com because it was video based…but then again I am pretty hot. 🙂
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Thanks for the info and I will mos def keep it in mind
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5 years and still smarter than her husband
hmmm what does this tell us about men?
i really don't know but it basically seems that the woman should be younger wear the pants and yet allow him the older by five years to think that he has it together
i really don't know
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ahn ahn.. where did wear the pants enter from o.. anyhows its only a 20% increase in probability.. not too much…
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Hmm…ok, this is doable. Maybe I should just get back with my Ex for this one. He was older & way dumber than me. Calculating that 27% bit would be hard sha. Like how could anyone possibly calculate their general intelligence in comparison to someone else in percentages??!
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really? lol @ anya…these scientists have come again with their postulations…hmmmm!
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Tory! Story! If somethn is meant to last it will with the efforts of both parties! I don't ever wanna marry a 'dumb' person :p
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Tory Story! If it is meant to be then it will be! Scientists! Hw many of them have a lastn relationship? Plus I dnt want any dumb partner :p
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Well…i guess Turtle and I are doomed, since I am only smarter and a year younger.
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I suspect it is safe to assume this is tongue in cheek.. 🙂
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Aha there might be a problem! I have a weakness for nerds!
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