đ The Scientific Way to Marry
Hey ya incel!
If youâre single after 25, Thanksgiving starts to look like this:
Society wants you to have kids.
But youâre smart â youâre not just gonna go out in the street and marry the first stranger to whisper sweet nothings in your ear.
You want to find the ~ONE~.
Because you know theyâre important. I mean look at this graph of who you spend time with:
Bad at math?
Lemme break it down for you.
After age 25, your friends and family donât matter â sorry, Mom.
The only people that matter are your:
- Coworkers
- Partner
Because you spend:
65,000 HOURS TOGETHER.
So locking down the right ~one~ is priority #1.
But the stats are brutalâŠnearly 50% of American marriages end in divorce.
Thatâs because we think marriage is about the highs.
- The honeymoon in the Maldives.
- The safari in the Serengeti.
- The cruise in the GalĂĄpagos.
Nope.
Marriage is the 7,682nd dinner in your kitchen.
Ya, marriage isnât about the highs â itâs about the lows.
The 20,000 mundane Monday meals just like this.
So now youâre at a pivotal point.
Your future could like like either of these:
So basically:
- Heaven â you live a magical life together for 60 years
- Hell â you end up sad, old, and fatâŠand poor if youâre extra lucky ;)
Oh, and I forgotâŠ
This also affects the future of your kids â and all their future offspring.
So how do we get it right?
No.
Jennyâs an idiot â donât do that.
See if youâre trying to marry the ONE, itâs probably not the first one.
But then which one is it?
Enter Merrill Flood.
WTF, whyâd you put him upside down?
Thx.
Merrill is a mathematical horndog from 1949 who solved this puzzle â called the FiancĂ©e Problem.
(He also created the Prisonerâs Dilemma â heâs a Smart Nonsense Hall of Famer)
Now, the Fiancée Problem is simple.
Letâs say you might date 100 people.
Fuck boi Brad.
Nerdy Ned.
Jock Jeff.
Stoner Steve.
âŠand 96 more
But after you reject one, you canât go back.
So when do you say âYESâ and stop looking?
Well, first you need a sample to know whatâs out there.
But how big of a sample?
Meaning if youâd date 100 guys, you wonât marry any of the first 37.
Thatâs your hot girl summer phase.
Then you take the best relationship you had and marry him.
Just kidding.
You canât marry Ned.
You marry the NEXT guy as good or better than him.
This gives you the best mathematical chance of marrying the best person out of the 100.
(FYI ironically thereâs only a 37% chance theyâre the absolute best person â aka THE one. But thatâs still better than any other method.)
Now, you might have 2 questions:
Well, hereâs the problem.
In terms of people youâd date in your life, you donât know the exact NUMBER.
But what do you know?
TIME.
Aka the time you wanna be on the dating market.
Okay, so letâs apply the 37%.
If youâre dating since 18, 37% means sampling until 23, then marry the next best suitor.
If youâre a guy, youâre usually cool waiting until like 40, so you can be a fuckboi until 26.
Now, marry responsibly ;)
Crush Ass,
Dylan & Henry đ
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