The study had a small sample size, so more research needs to be done surrounding sexting and motivation, but it is clear that sexting is a phenomenon that is not constrained to simply
unattached individuals looking for fun; it is used by those in intimate relationships to increase feelings of intimacy and closeness one's partner.
Now researchers in the US and Australia have conducted the first investigation into the fate of relationships formed this way, as compared with relationships formed by two
unattached individuals.
And what a difference it makes: between ages 55 and 65 families are worth, on average, a whopping $ 670,000 more than
unattached individuals in the same age group.
We divvy up the population into five equal groups to show the range of incomes for
both unattached individuals and families of two or more.
Singles events are opportunities for
unattached individuals to meet someone new, and the good news is that there's a wide variety of events to choose from.
The average family has a household income of $ 91,500, or 2.4 times more than
the unattached individual.
Not exact matches
If each person were simply an
individual unattached to any structure of social life, entirely independent of the orders, laws, and institutions which surround him, there would be no answer to those who say that to love is purely an
individual and personal matter.8
Individuals in romantic relationships were found to have higher levels of oxytocin than the romantically -
unattached.