At What Age, On Average, Do We Find Our Better Half?
Our better half, our other half…are popular expressions when we talk about love and relationships, and although there is no shortage of reasons to criticize these types of concepts, many people understand emotional relationships as a perfect fit between two people. Since we begin to feel attraction for someone, doubts may appear. Is this the ideal person for me?
Many times, in addition, another doubt is added to this doubt: am I ready to start a permanent relationship? It’s too soon? In short, it is interesting to know, on average, how old most people are when they start dating the partner they are going to stay with for most of their lives.
Next we will see what scientific research says about a very interesting topic: At what age do we find our better half?
There is no exact conception or terminology to determine what the better half is, that ideal partner with whom we will share (or would like to share) our trips, home, friends…in short, the rest of our life.
On the other hand, in general terms and after a consensus among experts in social psychology and romantic relationships, our better half is that person who makes us feel special, unique, who transmits love to us, both good and mature, or who provide us with added value to our daily lives, and with which we form an emotional relationship based on certain commitments That is, he is someone to whom, in our preferred life, we give privileged treatment simply for being who he is and for agreeing to be part of the relationship.
Experts point out that the conditions for the encounter of stable love to occur are various and of different nature. Previous experiences, the expectations we create (these are very influential) and the specific moment in life in which we find ourselves constitute some of the bases that will facilitate the meeting with the better half.
Other conditions that determine the phenomenon tend to be sociocultural or labor conditions That is, the environment in which we find ourselves may be more or less conducive to relating to people in whom we see romantic interest. Let’s imagine any individual working weekdays, weekends and holidays and who barely has money to support himself; This individual will find it a little more difficult to socialize with other people, among other things due to lack of time.
At what age do we usually find our definitive partner?
As we have seen previously, and taking into account how capricious love and its destiny are, it is difficult to decide exactly what the final age is to find our better half. In some cases it comes at a very early age, where the first partner is the one with whom we end up sharing our lives. In others it is usually at an advanced age and after having even lost hope. However, it is possible to detect general statistical patterns beyond extraordinary cases.
An important sample was recently made among a group of people of both sexes on the dating portal matchfrom where a study was launched in which data on the love lives of approximately 6,000 people were collected.
In the experiment it was concluded that the average age to find our better half is more or less 27 years old. Apparently then, This is the most ideal time to find the love of our life
However, the same study found differences between men and women Taking the former into account, they usually stabilize their love life at 28 years old, as opposed to women who do so at a surprisingly young age of 25 years old.
The importance of love disappointments
Thus, there are some indications to think that, statistically, we find the better half at an age well into adulthood, having acquired mental and physical maturity. Specifically, between 27 or 28 years of age and, above all, after having failed in several previous relationships.
These past failures make us “filter” better in love and that we do not dedicate a lot of time and effort to being with people who in a short time prove not to be compatible with us due to their personality or habits.
Infidelity as a precedent
Another expert portal on the subject, Datingensures that women They will have had at least 3 serious relationships before finding their definitive love Men, on the other hand, will have consummated no less than 6 serious relationships to be able to mate forever.
Furthermore, and here comes the interesting part, both groups will have suffered or experienced a bad experience caused mostly by a case of infidelity Neither sex presents any differences in the face of this peculiarity. This explains the number of relationships that each other will maintain before lasting love.
Although there are patterns, profiles and other characteristics that define our better half, we should not make the mistake of trusting statistical and purely scientific data, since love is not an exact equation
For this reason, and taking as reference another study carried out by the Discovery Channel, it has been determined that couples who have committed to marrying or sharing the rest of their lives with their true love, these They did it when they least expected it
Three out of five men assure that their current partner does not have the prototype of woman they dreamed of in their adolescence or puberty. In the case of women, the same thing happens: they have gotten together at the least expected moment and with the person they would have least noticed according to their physical standards
