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A relative of mine who is recently divorced and lives in a small town is having a hard time finding a new love. I've tried to explain that the pool of compatible people based on age, marital status, geographic area etc is very small and that they might consider widening the search - via maybe the Internet etc. I started looking at it from a demographic point of view and what I found was shocking. The chances of just encountering someone with whom you are compatible are remote - much less talking to them.
I'm curious what the people on the forum think. I'm not a demographer and certainly not a mathematician but I tried to come up with an idea of what variables would be involved just in terms of how many potential partners were truly available (and desireable). Some NTs ought to look at this and check my arithmetic. This is by no means accurate - it doesn't take into account things like similar people going to similar places etc.
Example prepared based on 40yr old male heterosexual (seeking).
Base population in acceptable geographic area = 177,661
Female-to-Male adjustment = 1.1:1 = 93,505
Age rule eligibility ((half your age + 7) to 58) = (27.5 - 58) avg. 30.5 years old
(29.5% of general population) = 27,583
Restated "r" = 27,583
Married = (27,583)(35.3% ) = 9,736
Married / Divorced as indicator of extramarital availability = (50%)+(single) = 22,715 (not recommended)
Single = 17,847
Homosexual Female Fx = (17,847)(14.4%) = 2,570
Bisexual Female Fb = (17,847)(5.6%) = 1,000
*Heterosexual Female Fy = (17,847)-(Fx+Fb) = 14,277
Compatible Comeliness "c" = 7,138
Genetic compatibility "h" = 3,569
Intellectual compatibility = h(49%) = 1,749
Cultural compatibility = (79%) = 1,382
Total eligible females not sorted by type = 1,382
Composition of total population = 0.77%
Population density per square mile = 1876.7 people
Eligible females per square mile = 1 (approximate)
Available Females by Psychological Type in given geographic area.
Eligible females encountered as a component of total population = 1 in 128
Example Types
INFJ = 1% = 14
Encountered among all otherwise eligible females = 1 in 98
INTJ = 3% = 41
Encountered among all otherwise eligible females = 1 in 33
Can you guys kind of see where I'm headed. I know there is no way to really do this scientifically but I was just trying to convey the idea that you've got to broaden out the search strategy to find somebody compatible. Also I think we have to be realistic and say Hey I'm not going to find Mr-Ms 100% perfect. You're going to have to work on it no matter who it is.
Ideas?
[A lot of Fs may think, he must be an NT. Just wait for the NTs to tell me how wrong my math is and then you'll see I'm not an NT
]
I'm curious what the people on the forum think. I'm not a demographer and certainly not a mathematician but I tried to come up with an idea of what variables would be involved just in terms of how many potential partners were truly available (and desireable). Some NTs ought to look at this and check my arithmetic. This is by no means accurate - it doesn't take into account things like similar people going to similar places etc.
Example prepared based on 40yr old male heterosexual (seeking).
Base population in acceptable geographic area = 177,661
Female-to-Male adjustment = 1.1:1 = 93,505
Age rule eligibility ((half your age + 7) to 58) = (27.5 - 58) avg. 30.5 years old
(29.5% of general population) = 27,583
Restated "r" = 27,583
Married = (27,583)(35.3% ) = 9,736
Married / Divorced as indicator of extramarital availability = (50%)+(single) = 22,715 (not recommended)
Single = 17,847
Homosexual Female Fx = (17,847)(14.4%) = 2,570
Bisexual Female Fb = (17,847)(5.6%) = 1,000
*Heterosexual Female Fy = (17,847)-(Fx+Fb) = 14,277
Compatible Comeliness "c" = 7,138
Genetic compatibility "h" = 3,569
Intellectual compatibility = h(49%) = 1,749
Cultural compatibility = (79%) = 1,382
Total eligible females not sorted by type = 1,382
Composition of total population = 0.77%
Population density per square mile = 1876.7 people
Eligible females per square mile = 1 (approximate)
Available Females by Psychological Type in given geographic area.
Eligible females encountered as a component of total population = 1 in 128
Example Types
INFJ = 1% = 14
Encountered among all otherwise eligible females = 1 in 98
INTJ = 3% = 41
Encountered among all otherwise eligible females = 1 in 33
Can you guys kind of see where I'm headed. I know there is no way to really do this scientifically but I was just trying to convey the idea that you've got to broaden out the search strategy to find somebody compatible. Also I think we have to be realistic and say Hey I'm not going to find Mr-Ms 100% perfect. You're going to have to work on it no matter who it is.
Ideas?
[A lot of Fs may think, he must be an NT. Just wait for the NTs to tell me how wrong my math is and then you'll see I'm not an NT