Love is an extraordinary feeling that can make us go crazy . Have you ever asked yourself “what would our life be without this intense feeling? Of course, love awakens our most intense emotions and the passion we can feel for someone can make us lose our mind.

Over the years, many studies have been carried out to find out more about this phenomenon. Some studies have provided very interesting data and others have shown surprising and even controversial results. Is love old? What is the best age to get married? A recent study seems to have found the ideal age for marriage.

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Love and age: what is the best age to get married?

There are many factors that influence infatuation and romantic love (both biological and cultural), but ensuring the success of a marriage is more than just being in love. Many relationships end when the flame is still alive, and the breakup of a couple in those cases can be really hard.

In fact, this study did not analyze the ideal age to be in love, but rather the objective of the research was to know what the perfect age to get married is and thus reduce the probability of divorce . The Institute for Family Studies (IFS) carried out the research and revealed that the best age for marriage is between 28 and 32 years old.

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What does this study say?

The study was conducted by Nicholas H. Wolfinger, a sociologist at the University of Utah (USA). For the analysis he used data from the US National Family Growth Survey between 2006-2010 and 2011-2013.

The results showed an inverted bell curve. Therefore, the key point is at that age, i.e. 28 and 32 years old .

From this age, the likelihood of divorce increases again, and according to research, by 5 percent each year. Until now, previous studies had concluded that the later the marriage, the greater the likelihood of success.

According to Wolfinger: “Individuals who intend to marry past the 1940s may not be predisposed to do so. Some tend to show problems in their interpersonal relationships and therefore decide to marry later. The director of the study explains, with respect to the results of this research, that “even after establishing a control on respondents with respect to gender, race, family structure, age, education, religious tradition, as well as the size of the metropolitan area in which they live, the results persist”.

And… does physical attraction have an age?

As this study concludes, there appears to be a more propitious age for marriage. But, regarding physical attractiveness, does age have an influence? Well, it seems that it does .

At what age do women become unattractive to men? There is a popular belief that men like younger women, and this seems to be confirmed by science. A group of Finnish researchers from Ã…bo Akademi University, who carried out a study with more than 12,000 participants between the ages of 25 and 40, concludes that women over the age of 28 are no longer attractive to men .

You may be interested to know more about this research: “Women over 28 years old do not attract men, according to research”

And men, at what age are they most attractive? According to a 2010 study conducted by Fhionna Moore, researcher at the University of Dundee in Scotland, older men are more attractive, especially to economically independent women . The sample included more than 3,700 British subjects between 18 and 35.

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Who suffers more in a breakup?

Of course, relationships are not easy , and the success of marriage, especially today, is not assured. The values of society have changed and divorce is increasingly accepted. But what happens if the relationship ends? Who suffers more, men or women?This is what a group of researchers from Binghamton University tried to find out.

In collaboration with a group of scientists at University College London, these academics asked 5,705 subjects of 96 nationalities what their level of pain was following a break-up on a scale of one to ten. The results showed that females felt more pain after a break-up , as they scored higher on the physical and emotional pain scales. However, they recovered before the break-up than the men.

You can read this research in our post: “Women suffer more from breakups but recover better, according to study”