Infographic: The Many, Many Shades of Modern Love

If relationships were a flow chart, this is what it would look like...

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We always thought there were only two types of intimate relationships: monogamy and bopping everyone except your husband (or wife). But no! Turns out there are dozens and dozens of them: serial monogamy, polifidelity, soft swinging, involuntary celibacy (aka every 14-year-old boy). The list goes on, and data viz king David McCandless and Laura Sullivan lay 'em all out in a handy flowchart here. [Click image for larger view] Obviously, this is something of a sendup of the elaborate pageant of modern love. The pastel colors and curlicue embellishments, which could’ve been pulled from the pages of a self-help book, are nothing if not ironic. We’re particularly fond of the marriage-divorce-marriage-divorce bubbles over there on the right. It’s like reading Liz Taylor’s bio. (It just needs about 50 more bubbles.) For more recent coverage of McCandless’s excellent work see here, here, and here. [Images via David McCandless] Read more at www.fastcodesign.com

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