Watch this mesmerizing animation that shows how quickly couples move through relationship stages

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It’s common for couples to question whether their relationship timeline is “on track.” Flowing Data’s new animation will be helpful for answering that question. It shows how quickly Americans today pass through various relationship stages — like living together and getting married — compared to the 1970s.


The stages of relationships towards marriage https://t.co/vT9aote2WG pic.twitter.com/aevdhWpUa7

— Nathan Yau (@flowingdata) March 26, 2019

The data comes from 3,510 respondents of the 2017 How Couples Meet and Stay Together Survey that was administered by Stanford University. In general, contemporary couples are moving on a much slower timeline than a few decades ago. In the 1970s, 6 percent of couples were already married five...

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