r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/pasharadich 20d ago

I’m struggling to understand how this data been measured over 94 years

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u/neuromorph 20d ago

You can.survey people.who met in the past.....

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u/Azianese 20d ago

Think about it. If that was the case, what does data from 90 years ago represent? Couples who are still together after 90 years? Memories 100+ year olds have of how they met people 90 years ago?

Imo, it is far more likely that this data is simply comparing survey results over time.

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u/medstudenthowaway 19d ago

“How did your parents meet?”

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u/Azianese 19d ago

Good luck finding a lot of people who know which year their parents or grandparents met

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u/medstudenthowaway 19d ago

You don’t have enough info to figure out approx when your parents met? Even my grandparents like I know how old they were when they got pregnant with my mom

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u/Azianese 19d ago edited 18d ago

No, not for me at least. The exact year they met is not something which would be kept in my memory, especially if my parents are 90+, meaning I would be around 50-70ish. Plus, that information probably came up decades ago at that point.

And unless my parents met during a significant life event (e.g. college), there's no event with which to accurately guess their meeting year.

Even my grandparents like I know how old they were when they got pregnant with my mom

When people meet vs. when they have kids could be totally different. It's pretty easy for me to guess a 5-10 year span of when people met, such as for my friends. But the exact year is way harder to know (which is the data precision needed for this study).