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It seems likely to assume that if you’re a heterosexual female in your teens and 20s that you’ll still be exclusively attracted to men in your 40s and 50s, or that if you’re a lesbian at 25, you’ll be a lesbian at 50.

But one new study suggests that there’s a little more to getting to the altar than love and sex. That other oh-so-important factor: financial stability.

Juggling the responsibilities of work, home, and raising young children—it’s no wonder why many women are stressed to the hilt. Add nagging money worries or depression to the modern woman’s daily cocktail and you’ve got a fairly potent anti-relaxant formula on your hands.

Twitter, which reportedly has more than 100 million users worldwide, may also help illuminate the causes of mood fluctuation across whole populations in 142 characters or less.

I’m not a racist—I'm always astounded when people respond negatively to others based on the variations that so enrich the human race, especially when they feel the ugly need to make their feelings official and public.