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Gay Marriage Statistics
<p>Last year after much debate gay marriage was legalised in my country of New Zealand.</p>
<p>Some interesting statistics have emerged which show that not only are a small number of couples actually tying the knot, but 40% or so are foreigners taking advantage of our liberal laws.</p>
<p>In the last year 209 NZ gay couples married and 146 foreign couples.</p>
<p>This is much along the lines of what I had predicted - that few people would marry when able to.</p>
<p>If you further analyse the 209 couples which did tie the knot it generally consists of 'The Usual Suspects' (loud mouthed, attention seeking, professional gay activist wankers) showing off to their friends and older gay couples who have been together for decades and have married on principle.</p>
<p>I think New Zealand gay men differ from other countries in that there is an underlying cynicism whereby because everyone is fairly shallow, promiscuous and possessing empty pockets they are smart enough to know 'the other fellow' possesses these qualities too - and therefore won't risk marriage (which is unlikely to last longer than a short honeymoon).</p>
<p>I am not a fan of either relationships or marriage as it would interfere with my sex life lol, especially living in a gay community where sex is plentiful.</p>
<p>But for those that are I simply urge guys to focus on the fundamentals - finances.</p>
<p>There is nothing worse than being broke, and it will be even worse if you are manacled to someone who is even more broke than you, so get the money side sorted first.</p>
<p>You may be prepared to live an impecunious lifestyle due to 'love' for him, but I suspect he is not all that keen on carrying you for long, so do not be surprised when you get a nasty shock as actually taking part in 'real life' supersedes 'love conquering all'.</p>
<p>Just sayin'</p>
<p>Some interesting statistics have emerged which show that not only are a small number of couples actually tying the knot, but 40% or so are foreigners taking advantage of our liberal laws.</p>
<p>In the last year 209 NZ gay couples married and 146 foreign couples.</p>
<p>This is much along the lines of what I had predicted - that few people would marry when able to.</p>
<p>If you further analyse the 209 couples which did tie the knot it generally consists of 'The Usual Suspects' (loud mouthed, attention seeking, professional gay activist wankers) showing off to their friends and older gay couples who have been together for decades and have married on principle.</p>
<p>I think New Zealand gay men differ from other countries in that there is an underlying cynicism whereby because everyone is fairly shallow, promiscuous and possessing empty pockets they are smart enough to know 'the other fellow' possesses these qualities too - and therefore won't risk marriage (which is unlikely to last longer than a short honeymoon).</p>
<p>I am not a fan of either relationships or marriage as it would interfere with my sex life lol, especially living in a gay community where sex is plentiful.</p>
<p>But for those that are I simply urge guys to focus on the fundamentals - finances.</p>
<p>There is nothing worse than being broke, and it will be even worse if you are manacled to someone who is even more broke than you, so get the money side sorted first.</p>
<p>You may be prepared to live an impecunious lifestyle due to 'love' for him, but I suspect he is not all that keen on carrying you for long, so do not be surprised when you get a nasty shock as actually taking part in 'real life' supersedes 'love conquering all'.</p>
<p>Just sayin'</p>
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