Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:37pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: Dude. I absolutely disagree.
Many Politicians have just one wife but 100 gfs and diverted resources to these concubines in Nigeria. It's the man's weakness, not the type of marital conjugation that made the society fall. Northern politicians where they are the poorest have multiple wives and concubines compared to their southern monogamous hiding side chics politicians who are moderately poor |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:35pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: Monogamy as I know it has not existed in ancient times in the Southwestern part of Nigeria that I come from. It is a western/Christian construct. Even before Islam, northern Nigeria and Benin kingdoms have always been polygamous societies.
Once again, I don't think it's polygamy that never made any man to think and become advanced. Egyptians and Arabians made some of the first advances in science and technology. It's about the mindset and strength/weakness of the men of that era. Did polygamy make Solomon or David dumb? I could argue this all day. If we are talking about simping, monogamy made it so much worse. Some nations had resources and strong political influence then again the world was very different polygamy was everywhere then as violence was the norm in majority of the nations on earth |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:34pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: I disagree. The failure of polygamy is individualistic. If you are weak as a man, your wives won't give you peace. If you are strong, your wives will know their place and give you peace.
Monogamy has also destroyed many men and if it's so perfect without fights and such, why are there so many divorced people even in western societies? Why is the so-called peace a man and a woman are supposed to enjoy? Now, there is polyamory gaining ground because it's evident that monogamy is not the solution. Asking a man to stay with one woman for the rest of his life is why the problem initiated from Blame women, they drive these leaders instinctly to be wicked, corrupt, ruthless and heartless, pure evil, it makes these bitches in the harem pussy wet, a psychopathic leader, same thing happened to Solomon in the Bible who used scorpion whips on the Israelite cheap labor because he wants to please his harem and show he is the most powerful man welding the highest status on earth Male violence, hierarchy, competitiveness appealing to female hypergamy on a power level, it's not like that in productive western societies as they don't even have resources but they built technology, modernized their society and created wealth on an absolute level, same with China, they are not thinking of harems like African leaders who just love sex and showing off, oppression, they are thinking in thousands of years ahead even Elon musk is thinking millions of years ahead |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:28pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: Why use Nigeria? What of Saudi Arabia? Polygamy failed because the man is either weak or the leaders of that society have failed. If monogamy is the way, hell, why is there so many divorcees around? All the yahoo dudes I know in Southern Nigeria come from monogamous houses. Dude it's because of women, these leaders loosed focus too much concubines in their harem and wives, not enough time to push resources to area that need serious attention for development, looting and looting especially northern Nigerian leaders because they want to maintain their status and appeal to women hypergamy, they want unlimited sexual pleasure from their consorts hence they are willing to keep their populace poor and backward, weaponize religion and use their militia in the form of radicalized bandits, terrorists, kidnappers to instill fear in their populace and prevent them from rebelling, again they have the army in their pocket example Hon Matawalle former governor of Zamfara state who was in charge of illegal mining and banditry now made the minister of defense |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:23pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: I disagree. It's the failure of the leaders, not the practice itself Leaders failed because they are concentrating on harems, multiple wives and concubines, accumulating national wealth for themselves because they want to appeal to female hypergamy, male competitive and hierarchal instincts in play, if they focused their sexual energy towards only one woman, they would have transformed Nigeria but because their attention and heart is in how to maintain their harem they are ruthlessly corrupt and plunder the wealth of their nations same with Saudi and middle eastern leadership, they are meant to be creating AI and robotics by now, sending rocket to space |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:20pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: I disagree. Polygamy has not been proven to be detrimental to any society. Infact, it curbed hypergamy while making sure society advanced... It also offered an avenue for women who would otherwise be single to contribute to the society. They were helpers, nurturers and learned trade while the men fought wars.
Monogamy was a concept inbred with love, the fallacy of one man,one woman, forever. It encouraged simping from men because now, they have to try to please just one woman forever while in polygamy, many women compete to please the man. You are correct in the explanation of your point but remember that monogamy is an evolved socio-cultural phenomenon and has existed way back in ancient time it's not just a western or Christian thing, it's a civilisation model that has existed for centuries, it's based on the compromise that the 80% of beta male who are deemed unattractive due to status would use their limited provisioning resources to take care of their relatively poorer wives, remember reproductive success is innately zero sum because in our ancestral past only 40% of men reproduced for 80% of women, life test varied genes on men, highest IQ, lowest IQ, highest success, most miserable failure, so it has always been that way and conditions then were very tough and tough because of wars, violence, famine, diseases, plagues, natural disasters, so men died early but now monogamy brought about the prosperity and advancement of western society due to the practice of Christian religion as a dominant ideology, hypergamy was checkmated, divorce was rare, but when secularism and liberalism took over their nation, it induced polygyny and polygamous mating strategy, now they are declining like Rome, look at advanced first world nations even without resources and China too they are rational and productive, creating new technologies and advancing civilization, look at the middle East and Africa, even as the middle East is resourceful and rich they are still not as advanced and prosperous as any first world nation, they are strong data to back this studies, let's not allow our ego and desire of abundance of harem cloud our judgement from unflattering truth |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 1:06pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
luminouz: I disagree. Polygamy has not been proven to be detrimental to any society. Infact, it curbed hypergamy while making sure society advanced... It also offered an avenue for women who would otherwise be single to contribute to the society. They were helpers, nurturers and learned trade while the men fought wars.
Monogamy was a concept inbred with love, the fallacy of one man,one woman, forever. It encouraged simping from men because now, they have to try to please just one woman forever while in polygamy, many women compete to please the man. Islamic societies generally, northern Nigeria, polygamy gives evolutionary death sentence to young men, again this men are restricted from getting sexual access to women due to sharia, fornication is punishable by laws, again child bride is common in their culture so women are marked at a very young age to be married off to wealthy men,it leads to frustration, resentment and anger which makes them violent to the core, heavily repressed sexual energy, a man choosing four wives has doomed 3 young men evolutionarily to selexlesness and childlessness, again asides the violence, these young men can easily be radicalised into jihadist warriors to have a sense of meaning and purpose in this world that was unfair to them from birth as they were genetically gambled towards poverty of resources due to poor background which makes them unlikely choice for women to mate with, these young men find solace in working for Allah, killing for him, dying for him, that's why terrorism is strong especially in Islamic societies, that male competitive instincts instead of it to be channelled creatively towards education, career, invention is channeled destructively towards violence,bloodbath, bloodshed, many male virgins, directionless, hopeless again because of their miserable situation. Even polygamy in southern Nigeria not as violent as the north but children from such background take to ritual, yahoo, hookup because of their poverty situation, it's not easy, they result to criminality because of lack of opportunities, polygamy especially among poor uneducated people is the biggest cause of poverty, hardship, hopelessness, misery in Nigeria |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 12:10pm On Feb 09, 2025 |
Pussy is one hell of a drug |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 10:16am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Control your urge don't be foolish like Solomon he lost control over his kingdom and dynasty because of strange women
We can learn from the allegories in the Bible |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 10:14am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Testosterones is one hell of a drug |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 10:14am On Feb 09, 2025 |
The urge for sex is too strong that men literally kill themselves because of it, directly and indirectly |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 10:13am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Male desire respect, power, control and authority nothing more nothing less |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 10:10am On Feb 09, 2025 |
The urge for sex is too strong that men were so violent and extremely destructive almost destroying the whole world in the process all because of deeper hardwired ingrained desire to Bleep, it even drove men crazily that they were quick to invent actual weapons that can destroy the whole world
Nuclear atomic bombs |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:51am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Philosopher1979: If only men are in the world. 1. There will be too many wars violence and bloodshed. Masculine energy is too violent. 2. Maybe the world would have ended with another third world war that will result in a nuclear war. 3. Feminine energy may be responsible for the relative peace we have.
Women may have their faults but we need them around. Nazi Germany was too masculine and see the result. It was the wickedness of the Patriarchy that led to 2 world wars. After the second World War, feminism rose to make the world a little softer and kinder Masculine energy is too violent and destructive, it wants conquest and harems, it wants total domination, it want power and pride, it's too destructive while female energy is too chaotic |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:49am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Philosopher1979: If only men are in the world. 1. There will be too many wars violence and bloodshed. Masculine energy is too violent. 2. Maybe the world would have ended with another third world war that will result in a nuclear war. 3. Feminine energy may be responsible for the relative peace we have.
Women may have their faults but we need them around. Nazi Germany was too masculine and see the result. It was the wickedness of the Patriarchy that led to 2 world wars. After the second World War, feminism rose to make the world a little softer and kinder Male competition, male violence, male dominance hierarchy, male power struggle, male anger issues, male narcissism to status signal is all because of pussy Testosterones is too much, that's why ambition is to great that's why the global elites and financiers are putting chemicals in household products to lower our testosterones, that's why they are promoting lGBTQ ideologies to weaken masculinity, that's why they are pushing feminism, that's why they are spending heavily on propanganda to demonize traditional masculinity, that's why they are against trump and Andrew Tate's, that's why they are against manosphere and redpill awareness, that's why they demonize traditional conservatism |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:44am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Redpill is a manmade antibiotics to simping and konji which are natural diseases of being a man with testosterones |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 3:58am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Hypergamy doesn’t care how great a Father you are to your kids. Hypergamy doesn’t care how you rearranged your college majors and career choice in life to better accommodate her. Hypergamy doesn’t care how inspired or fulfilled you feel as a stay-at-home Dad. Hypergamy doesn’t care that you moved across 4 states to accommodate your long distance relationship. Hypergamy doesn’t care how ‘supportive’ you’ve always been of her decisions or if you identify as a ‘male feminist’. Hypergamy doesn’t care about the sincerity of your religious convictions or aspirations of high purpose. Hypergamy doesn’t care about those words you said at your wedding. Hypergamy doesn’t care about how you funded her going back to college to find a more rewarding career. Hypergamy doesn’t care how great a guy you are for adopting the children she had with other men. Hypergamy doesn’t care about your divine and forgiving nature in excusing her “youthful indiscretions.” Hypergamy doesn’t care about your magnanimity in assuming responsibility for her student loans, and credit card debt after you’re married. Hypergamy doesn’t care if “he was your best friend.” Hypergamy doesn’t care about the coffee in bed you bring her or how great a cook you are. Hypergamy doesn’t care about all those chick flicks you sat through with her and claimed to like. Hypergamy doesn’t care about how well you do your part of the household chores. Hypergamy doesn’t care about how much her family or friends like you. Hypergamy doesn’t care if you think you’re a “Good” guy or about how convincing your argument is for your sense of honor. Hypergamy doesn’t care whether the children are biologically yours or not. Hypergamy doesn’t care if “she was drunk, he was cute, and one thing led to another,..” Hypergamy doesn’t care how sweet, funny or intellectual you are. Hypergamy doesn’t care if you “never saw it coming.” Hypergamy doesn’t care if you’re bitter |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 3:53am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Men yearn to understand women, for they wish to attract them, as well as protect themselves from womanly predations. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 12:36am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Having different opinions has never been the issue. Differences in opinions is a result of, culture, background, social circle, knowledge, status, environment etc which merged together, and of which nobody is protesting against.The issue is that in the midst of light and truth - verified on a meta scale by facts, patterns and observations, there are people who still uphold to their false cherished beliefs.If your opinion is personal quite alright. But if you bring it to the public domain, don't expect it not to be challenged. If it is not reasonable, and backed by facts, even if it is appraised by the multitudes it is still fake, false, and lies!
That is why redpill works and is pragmatic because on these thread multitude of men share raw data sets about women whether it is their own personal experience or based on knowledge from other sources like books, tweets, blogs. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 12:26am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Back to the beginning: every woman has a man she loves genuinely, the man may not notice it and both may not care about it, however, there is a spark once they unify.
Guys should therefore upgrade and better themselves, and it will be easy for them to get hold of these women that has a genuine desire for them. However, they must be cautious as some women may fake genuine desire just to siphon them.
Guys should look around them, there are some girls/women that have a genuine desire for them instead of chasing women that don't have any iota of interest for them. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 12:02am On Feb 09, 2025 |
Martinez39s: Thinking that a girl is different, or your relationship is going to be different, is a grave mistake. You are lucky you aren't in a western country, and you didn't get married with that girl over there because of your fooliśh thinking. It would have cost you your peace of mind, half your assets/cash, your house, your kids (their mother will get sole custody), alimony, ridiculous amounts in child support, etc. Many western men, even African men, are regretting this mistake of yours.
Go and sin no more. Here are MY iron rules to prevent this nonsense: [1] Women are not worth relationship, marriage and being pedestalised. [2] Never involve your emotions when dealing with women. Stay logical, not emotional. Women are emotional and are very manipulative; as emotional folks, they will read emotions into everything you say or do even if you didn't say or do them out of emotions. As manipulators, they manipulate your emotions to achieve their aims over you. [3] Never makes friends with a woman. Be cold. You may be on amiable speaking terms with them but never make friends with them. Reserve friendship for your fellow men. [4] Still on (3), associate with women based on their usefulness to you or necessity. If they are not useful to you in terms of sex, business, or academics, let there be no association between you and them. [5] Never ever in your life commit yourself (your heart) to any woman. [6] One way you know steep red pill men is the nature of their cash flow. Never give a girl money no matter how bad or urgent her situation is if she hasn't given up something of equal or greater value in return (I am not talking about getting sex for money. Pùssy is worth $0.00. Only foolish men pay for the pùssy someone is getting for free. Value your money). Never give her money hoping she will pay back. Don't even do the nonsense of "it's just a gift," "I can afford it, it's nothing," "it's just once in while and I choose to do it," etc. Please have sense by fire. [7] Speak to females like you speak to a cop: never say more than necessary. Don't tell them your vulnerabilities, past trauma, secrets, business plans, or your true bank account balance. Anything you say will be used against you someday when it benefits her or when you people have a misunderstanding, even if the information you gave has nothing to do with the misunderstanding. Don't follow the naive folks to emotionally open up to a woman even if she tells you to, not only will she use it against you, she will see you as weak and lose whatever attraction she had for you. [8] All women are like that. You know what I mean. Female nature is universal and there is no woman that is different. Ignore this and reap premium tears.
I don say my own. I could add many but these will help you for now. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 11:36pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
A weak man awakens a woman's masculinity. And gets pulled into her frame.
A strong man awakens a woman's femininity. And inspires her to break frame for him. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 11:35pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
Skepticus: For some career-oriented, high-achieving folks, having a legal marriage would be an advantage, though, not mandatory, as the power to grow your career/achieve your ambitions, are in the hand of blue-pilled folks who view married men positively over single men, and it doesn't matter if you have a shît-show/sham for a marriage e.g Politics at the state/federal level. The society calls it "responsible".
In some professions, it is mandatory, even if your wife is the worst woman to live with, on the planet. As I'm aware, certain ranks in the Nigerian military (for commissioned officers), can only be attained (including other factors like competence) if you are legally married. If you meet criteria of dedication and competence, and you are not married, you'll be overlooked for your target rank/qualification etc.
I've always wanted to talk about this part, directed to men who don't wish to marry nor co-habit with women. It would be a dilemma, if you are involved in this types of professions (mandatorily requiring marriage). Personal sacrifices/risks would have to be made/endured for which ever option you choose as an individual. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 11:23pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
CaveAdullam: Your career woman will fvck her way to the top.
Your career woman will fvck her clients for monthly upkeeps.
Your career woman will get tired by her boss and she will have less time for you and the family.
Your career woman will have higher respect for her boss and clients than you.
Your career woman will be more submissive to her boss than you.
Your career woman will ration more time to her boss than you.
Your career woman will always use her boss as a yardstick to judge your worth and competence.
You won't get good fvcks from your career woman because she will always be tired as a result of career work + office romance.
Your housewife will gossip + frolick with other men when you're not around. If she's dumb + lazy, forget it, you just married a liability!
What can both of you do?
Let her join you in your line of business, thereby making you her boss. Take her as one of your employee and monitor the organization properly. You regulate her work time so that she can manage work + family efficiently. Which means, as your employee, her work will be less strenuous compared to other employees.
Or, you set up a business for her and oversee the daily activities. She's just a worker there and you the manager.
Or, outsource some of your work to her inorder to keep her busy which will reduce your workload, and also grant her an opportunity to learn more and develop herself.
Or, get engaged to a woman that her dream blends together with yours so that both of you can pursue and achieve a common goal. (If she relents on her goal, it means she's not serious about her future, dump her)!
Or, you can support her if her ambition has a headway and not threatening on the progress of the relationship.
The economic situation of most nations these days has disabled men from being a complete provider for the family, wives this times must truly express their helpmeet characteristics. On the otherhand, leaving your wife or spouse to the full hands of a boss is more disastrous to the existence of your relationship.
Again 50/50 can't work, whether she agrees on it or not, she already deems you as the man and leader. By your actions as a man, you will even encroach on her 50% part. This deal is impossible! (However, should in case it becomes possible, there will be tug of war as a result of leadership role).
Authority: Select only for good women.
DAY 75, REDPILL 2022 |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:34pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
The Redpill truths keeps on getting bitter.. Only the strong have the courage to digest it |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:21pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
The very moment you get married in the USA, the probability (in %) of the marriage ending in divorce is above 50%.
Who invests in a business with less than 50% chance of surviva |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:14pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
Generally and by default. Men are "Indirectly SLAVES to the World and Women" but a lot of Men are unaware of this reality. The Female Gender, Kids are the Real and Main Ballers of Life...... |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 9:12pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
That period when you think you can't love another woman except her; you can't replace her; you can't find another woman like her; you're scared of losing her; you act accordingly to please her; you cry over her and you disagree with everyone because of her.
You are a simp You are finished |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 8:55pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
YES PVSSY IS FREE SHE KNOWS THIS, ALPHA MALES KNOW THIS, A BETA WHO TRIES TO PROVE HIMSELF USING MONEY, EXPENSIVE DATES,GIFTS, AND COMMITMENT WILL BE EXPLOITED . |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 8:53pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
Martinez39s: NB: this is not a write-up done out of emotions or the vain need for an argument. I am airing my opinion and would like a sincere discussion if you are willing. Of course, we can agree to disagree.
In life, we should learn to accept that people have different priorities. What you see as the ultimate goal in life is what another man sees as nonessential and highly optional. The ability to defy what is instinctive to "lower animals" is one of the testaments to our "superior" brains. The ability to build a life that deviates from what is instinctive to other animals is one of the things that makes us superior; this gives us, to a large extent, the ability to shape our destinies as we seem fit even if it means giving the "dictates" of evolution the middle finger. There are many general things "lower" animals do by instincts that we don't practice, so don't use a general behaviour in these animals to determine an inherent purpose of man.
As I have said, what you see as the ultimate goal in life is what another man sees an nonessential and highly optional. There are many different reasons why people just don't want children or marriage. By the way, being mgtow doesn't scream a sexless life without romantic options; the only mgtow men who choose not to have sex are the monks, which are a small subset of the mgtow community. Finally, mgtow men are not all losers. Children and marriage are nothing big or desirable to some men that they won't even stress themselves for it.
We just have to accept that men who don't see sex, romantic relationships, marriage and having children as achievements and are not insistent on these things exists. By the way, though not important to my points, it's better to be single, financially independent, and childless than to live in a country where sharia reigns supreme; believe me, you wouldn't want to take your much-enjoyed human rights for granted, except you prioritise sex, women, and having children than them. Good luck missing going to mosque in a sharia country. 
Of course, most men, hence most/all you might have heard of, seek relationships and families. That doesn't mean all men must follow suit. It's like saying most men are bluepilled and simps hence we must follow suit.
Human life has no inherent purpose except the purpose you give your life. Issac Newton never married or had children yet he left us with an impact. The inventors of the airplane, Orville and Wilbur Wright, brothers, never married. I could list many others who never married (Nikola Tesla, Louis De Broglie, etc.). Would you call these men losers, men who made impacts that most of our unknown ancestors didn't? There is even every chance that these men didn't understand female nature like we do now yet they stayed single.
Our ancestors lived their lives and we have our own lives to live. The fact that our ancestors laboured to pass down their genes doesn't mean it is incumbent on us to follow suit. As harsh as it may sound, we owe our ancestors nothing in this regard. It's our lives, and we run it as we please.
I am very curious, why do think all mgtow men are losers who want women but can't afford women? You are beginning to confuse incels for mgtow. |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 8:50pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
High interest or nothing Genuine desire or nothing Feminity or nothing Submission or nothing Quality and Quantity sex or nothing |
Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by JESHAL007: 8:47pm On Feb 08, 2025 |
most men in relationships tend to come across better ladies but will find it difficult to dump their current spouse due to how much they have invested in the relationship(sunk cost).
Be very, cautious, analytical before you engage in serious relationship |