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There's a variety of factors. One of the most important, is having similar values and morals. Another is being able to see past the glow of romance for both your own and their faults. Just those two go a long ways in and of themselves.

There are exceptions of course, but the overall trend that children raised in two-parent households do better is overwhelmingly clear. The trend that promiscuity makes people less likely to end up with a permanent partner is also abundantly clear. And again, actually being committed to a...

'Safe sex' is better than completely rampant promiscuity. It still leads to less happy people, in less stable lifestyles, with less successful children, than abstinence and monogamy.

The number of ways it benefits you to be abstinent and then monogamous is large, a few samples: 1. No children before you are ready. 2. Near-guarantee you'll never have an STD. 3. Much less heartbreak. 4. No child support payments (if man), no being a single mother (if woman). 5. You are more...

This lines up fairly well with what I've seen. That poll on a dating website, I think it was eHarmony, showing that men have a pretty balanced distribution in how attractive they rate women, but how women rate men... 0% of men were rated as 'most attractive.' Something like 80% of men were...