Time to get yourself a woman at least 5 yrs younger than you.

[6souls]

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Pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay-Z married last year

The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing a wife who is smarter and at least five years younger than you, say UK experts.

These pairings are more likely to go the distance, particularly if neither has been divorced in the past, according to the Bath University team.

The findings predict a happy future for pop star Beyonce Knowles, 28, and rapper husband Jay-Z, 39.

The work is published in the European Journal of Operational Research.

The researchers studied interviews of more than 1,500 couples who were married or in a serious relationship.

Five years later, they followed up 1,000 of the couples to see which had lasted.

For better or worse

They found that if the wife was five or more years older than her husband, they were more than three times as likely to divorce than if they were the same age.

If the age gap is reversed, and the man is older than the woman, the odds of marital bliss are higher.

Add in a better education for the woman - Beyonce has her high school diploma, unlike husband Jay-Z - and the chances of lasting happiness improve further.

Those who have never divorced fare better too. But couples in which one member has been through a divorce in the past are less stable than those in which both members are divorcees.

Dr Emmanuel Fragniere and colleagues do say that men and women choose partners "on the basis of love, physical attraction, similarity of taste, beliefs and attitudes, and shared values."

But they say that using "objective factors" such as age, education and cultural origin "may help reduce divorce".

BBC NEWS | Health | 'Younger wife' for marital bliss

This way we can all be happy like Jay-Z & Beyonce.

[Guitarman]

Or just stay cracked out of your skull like whitney houston. That works too.

[Diamicles]

And how exactly is Beyonce smarter than Jay Z?

She didn't build a multimillion (billion?) dollar empire out of essentially nothing.

[Mizango]

Seno was on to something.

[Pirian]

I have to agree with the education thing

"You can't fix stupid"

[The Stig]

afk camping college

[Correction]

Seno was on to something.

Article says 5, not 25

[Mizango]

Article says 5, not 25

lol

[Plow]

Beyonce has her high school diploma, unlike husband Jay-Z

Gooooooooooooooood bless Aaaaaaaamericcaaaaaaaaa

[Mizango]

Gooooooooooooooood bless Aaaaaaaamericcaaaaaaaaa

Sounds to be like u gotz a phd, a playa hatin' degree.

[Mizango]

I've waited 10 years to drop that line. Pro.

[MrW]

I just had a Mason Betha flashback.

[Khamsin]

And how exactly is Beyonce smarter than Jay Z?

She didn't build a multimillion (billion?) dollar empire out of essentially nothing.

No, but she has higher education. In that respect, a career student with three PhDs and still in debt for them is smarter than, say, Bill Gates who never even went to college.

[Mizango]

I just had a Mason Betha flashback.

That's whats up

[Jakson]

o god, my girlfriend is 7 years older than me.

< Doomed.

[Siniroth]

So... someone 13? <_< (For me)

[Jodwahh]

I'm 28, been banging a 20 year old for 10 months and it's all fucking peachy. SCIENCE FUCKING ROCKS!

[Guyverarmor]

Article says 5, not 25

/thread

[Guyverarmor]

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Honestly though, like someone else said, I am doomed as well. Wife is 5 years OLDER than me I leave my laptop and belongings to BG

Edit: Fuck, meant to edit my post. Can a mod push the two responses together, sorry !

[Shagoa]

So, what happens when your GF is 8 years older than you AND divorced with a kid?

Do I hear any high bidders for my stuff? I've got some pretty nice belongings.

Also up for trade is a great, slightly used EX GF.