There's this idea, especially amongst women And beta male: that riding the carousel has no detriment to future relationships. Yet this article talks about something they don't want to hear:

"However, the authors of the report warn that having several relationships before getting married may lead couples to compare their spouse with former lovers. “We generally think that having more experience is better,” said Rhoades.

“But what we find for relationships is just the opposite. Having more experience was related to having a less happy marriage.

“Having more relationship experience may lead to a greater sense of what the alternatives are. If you have a greater sense of other options it may be harder to invest in, or commit to, a marriage.”

The researchers call it the “Vegas Fallacy” — the saying that “everything that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” is not true, they warn. “The past does not always stay in the past,” said Rhoades. "

There's a reason my LTR exes I've dumped would jump back on me even though they're married: fucking a chick right for years, using her up and tossing her imprints on her psyche(and vagina). No ring or proposal takes away how wet she got during anal and the bdsm I taught her.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/life/blog.html?b=life.nationalpost.com/2014/08/22/bigger-weddings-lead-to-stronger-more-resilient-marriages-researchers-claim&pubdate=2014-08-22

Ignore the main topic of the article. The part I quoted is interesting.