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• Serial monogamy and serial polygamy involve repeated intimate relationships over time.
• They consist of marriages or cohabiting relationships that eventually dissolve and are followed by new intimate relationships.
• These relationships occur in a sequence, with each new relationship following the dissolution of the previous one.
• Polygamists have multiple spouses simultaneously, whereas serial monogamists or serial polygamists have multiple spouses sequentially.
• Millions of U.S. adults will experience serial marriages and divorces.
• Many people marry, divorce, and still want to marry again.
• Some people want to marry despite having experienced their parents’ unhealthy marriages and divorces.
• These experiences give them firsthand awareness of the risks involved in marriage.