Single men and women are ‘cool’ these days… “Why? “Aren’t you curious about my lover’s past relationships?”

‘Because I’m not particularly curious’ ranked first with 56.1%

Revealing your partner’s past romantic experiences is the same as opening ‘Pandora’s box.’ It can strengthen the relationship between two people, or it can cause great anger.

On the 9th, the marriage information company Duo conducted a survey on 300 single men and women (150 men, 150 women) who were in a relationship about their current lover’s previous relationships. As a result, the majority of respondents (52.3%) said that their lover’s past romantic partners were I answered that I didn’t want to know.

More than half of the reasons were because they were not curious (56.1%), followed by fear of being jealous (17.2%) and fear of interfering excessively with their partner (10.8%).

Those who responded that they wanted to know their lover’s past romantic partners were 95 (31.7%). There was a difference of opinion as men ranked ‘To understand dating style (29.0%)’ and women ranked ‘To find out the reason for breakup (31.3%)’ as the top choice.

The proportion of respondents who responded that they have had a conversation about their previous relationship with their current partner was 77.7%. Most single men and women have exchanged related stories at least once.

The most common response was that this conversation had no effect on the relationship with the lover (62.2%).

Those who responded that conversations related to their previous relationship had a positive impact on their relationship were 18.9%. Reasons cited included being able to learn more about each other (47.7%), being able to coordinate what needs to be maintained between lovers (29.5%), and providing an opportunity to have serious conversations (11.4%).

Conversely, among those who responded that it had a negative impact (18.9%), the majority of both men and women chose that they did not like having memories of only two people they did not know (52.3%). Men’s reasons include not being able to forget their ex-lover (22.2%), and women’s obsession with being better than their ex-lover (26.9%).

This survey was conducted from the 15th to the 18th of last month through the survey company Macromill Embrain. The confidence level is 95% and the standard error is ±5.66%p.

Meanwhile, more than half of married office workers felt that marriage had a positive impact on their work life. The biggest advantage was psychological stability.

Duo announced on the 5th that as a result of a survey on ‘marriage and work life’ among married men and women in their 20s and 30s, 52% of respondents answered that marriage is ‘positive for both men and women.’

The response ‘positive for men and negative for women’ was 23.8%, followed by ‘never thought about it’ (13.6%), ‘negative for both men and women’ (9.4%), and ‘negative for men and positive for women’ (1.2%). %) followed. The response of ‘positive for men, negative for women’ was approximately 3.8 times higher among women (37.6%) than among men (10%).

This survey was conducted by the survey company Macromill Embrain from the 8th to the 11th of last month targeting a total of 500 married men and women aged 20 to 39 (250 men and 250 women). The confidence level is 95% and the standard error is ±4.38%p.

The biggest advantage of marriage that married office workers experienced in their work life was ‘psychological stability due to family,’ which accounted for 60.4%. Among income, increased savings (13.2%), increased work motivation and sincerity (6%), and increased understanding of others (6%) were also classified as advantages. 8.2% saw no advantage.

Not everyone was experiencing only the positive aspects of marriage. The biggest disadvantage of marriage that married people felt in their working lives was the burden due to maternity leave and childcare leave (39.2%). This item was chosen first by both genders and whether or not they had children, suggesting that there are quite a few hardships due to actual related issues.

Men and those with children ranked second due to increased consumption of income (23.6% and 19.3%, respectively), women cited increased work fatigue (12.4%), and married people without children ranked second because family problems had a negative impact on work (11.7%). There was a difference of opinion depending on the situation. Only 6.2% said there were no disadvantages.

The most necessary company benefits that married people want are support for child rearing and education (31.8%) and flexible work hours (28.4%).

Regarding the influence of marital status on the decision to change jobs or quit the company, the response that it ‘increases the intention to change jobs or quit the company’ (48.2%) was ahead of the opinion that it ‘reduces it’ (27.6%). For married men, salary (49.6%) and for married women, child issues such as childbirth and childcare (61.6%) were the main reasons for considering changing jobs or leaving the company.

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