marmel75 said:
2) Would need to be in High School or College where parents play a big role in the approval of the boyfriend because they are more likely to live at home
I've noticed most of the couples I know who have stayed together the longest got married very young, and started a family. Maybe the fact that they haven't been out banging a large number of sexual partners increases the loyalty factor. I think there are studies out there that show that the more partners a woman has, the less likely she is to bond with one of them.
This is kind of strange, because when I was growing up, I always heard that the longer you waited to get married, the better your chances of staying together. I think when they do research studies, they look at the age they got married, come back five years later and check them, say "are you still married? Great", and call it a day. I've seen a lot of marriage studies that only use a five year survival rate as criteria - sort of like cancer, lol.
Definitely a LOT of young people who get married end up crashing and burning, but I wonder if some of the longest lasting marriages come out of that group as well?