American Women Are Giving Up on Marriage

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Couple of years ago I looked into putting Elouise in a memory care facility. I found out the costs. But I just didn't feel right about it. I couldn't stand having her stay somewhere else. Up till the end I slept next to her in bed. I just woke up one morning and she was gone.

Sure it was difficult, but leaving her in a facility would have been even worse. Right now I'm lonely and it would have been the same if she was still alive. She got really sick in the 21st of December and I had to call an ambulance. When I saw her in the hospital, it drove me crazy. So I asked around and got in touch with a Hospice program and we brought her home on Christmas Eve. She lasted till Jan 19th. But it was worth it to have her next to me.

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Another benefit to keeping your loved one home -- nobody had the ability to separate you during "covid".


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"American Women Are Giving Up on Marriage


Major demographic shifts have put men and women on divergent paths. That’s left more women resigned to being single. ‘The numbers aren’t netting out.’
After a handful of underwhelming relationships and dozens of disappointing first dates, Andrea Vorlicek recently called off the search for a husband.
The 29-year-old always thought she’d have found her life partner by now. Instead, she’s house hunting solo and considering having kids on her own.

“I’m financially self-sufficient enough to do these things myself,” said Vorlicek, a Boston-based accountant. “I’m willing to accept being single versus settling for someone who isn’t the right fit.”
She sees her plans for an independent future as making the best of a lousy situation. “I don’t want to sit here and say I’m 100% happy,” Vorlicek said. “But I feel happier just accepting my reality. It’s mentally and emotionally a sense of peace.”

American women have never been this resigned to staying single. They are responding to major demographic shifts, including huge and growing gender gaps in economic and educational attainment, political affiliation and beliefs about what a family should look like.
“The numbers aren’t netting out,” said Daniel Cox, director of the"

https://archive.is/s3g3f#selection-5933.0-5965.66

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/american-women-are-giving-up-on-marriage-54840971

This does not bode well for the nation as a whole. There will be a lot of lonely cat ladies in a decade or two.

A total bunch of fake news. Since when is it a duty or responsibility to get married? Or have kids? If one wants that fine. But to say it's a bad trend is blatantly wrong.

 

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Another benefit to keeping your loved one home -- nobody had the ability to separate you during "covid".


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They claimed she had COVID. But there would have been a fight if they had tried to separate me from her.

 

[initforme]

The problem is, there's no real upside to marriage.

You pay a higher tax rate, you open yourself up to more legal liability, depending on who makes more money.

There's simply nothing you can get from marriage that you can't get from living together in "sin".

My generation, it was considered a sin to live together outside of marriage. Today, even for couples that get married, there is often a period of years of "co-habitation".

I think the other part of the problem is how our society has changed.

Used to be, you graduated high, you got a job (hopefully at a place where you could join a union), and you started making babies.

Today- You graduate High School. You go to College for four years. You then spend years trying to get enough economic independence to buy a home. And then, maybe, maybe you get married.

Getting an education, a good job, and saving and becoming financially independent and stable is nothing but sound, practical, and creates a society of stronger single people. Getting married atv28, having little $, and building together from nothingnis the road to unhappiness. The trend is going to grow exponentially. Marriage at 35 or older is wise and prudent.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Getting an education, a good job, and saving and becoming financially independent and stable is nothing but sound, practical, and creates a society of stronger single people. Getting married atv28, having little $, and building together from nothingnis the road to unhappiness. The trend is going to grow exponentially. Marriage at 35 or older is wise and prudent.

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And very smart to cut off the most fertile years, since your cult wants to depopulate the planet.

Wow! Posts like this make me so happy when I go to Mass in my small town church and see numerous families with four and five children. And elderly couples who gave the country the gift of eight, ten and twelve offspring!

Loving the human race by saving it.


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[DonGlock26]

A total bunch of fake news. Since when is it a duty or responsibility to get married? Or have kids? If one wants that fine. But to say it's a bad trend is blatantly wrong.

Do you belong to a society or nation?

 

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And very smart to cut off the most fertile years, since your cult wants to depopulate the planet.

Wow! Posts like this make me so happy when I go to Mass in my small town church and see numerous families with four and five children. And elderly couples who gave the country the gift of eight, ten and twelve offspring!

Loving the human race by saving it.


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I'm not part of a political party. Those are the cultists. The old ways of getting married in one's 20s, starting from scratch, are going away. What is wrong with working, staying single, saving, and waiting until one is financially sound before getting married? Absolutely nothing is the answer. Our church has many Young singld people in their 30s. They are active worshippers, good contributors, and very happy people. So what is the difference if they don't get married and have kids?

 

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Do you belong to a society or nation?

Neither. I don't "belong" to anything. Just a law abiding citizen.

 

[DonGlock26]

Neither. I don't "belong" to anything. Just a law abiding citizen.

Interesting. Which gov't's laws do you obey?

 

[initforme]

Interesting. Which gov't's laws do you obey?

All of them. Those are my only responsibilities as a citizen no?

 

[DonGlock26]

All of them. Those are my only responsibilities as a citizen no?

So, you are a member of society and part of a nation. I'm glad we figured that out.
Historically, how does a society/nation fare with a below replacement birth rate.

 

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So, you are a member of society and part of a nation. I'm glad we figured that out.
Historically, how does a society/nation fare with a below replacement birth rate.

People are free to decide if they want to have kids. If they want them that's great. But if they don't then that's somehow some kind of crisis? Do we want people who don't want kids to have them? What's the sense in that? There is nothing mandating people have kids. Nor should there EVER be. Some young people don't want them. Where's the crisis here?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

People are free to decide if they want to have kids. If they want them that's great. But if they don't then that's somehow some kind of crisis? Do we want people who don't want kids to have them? What's the sense in that? There is nothing mandating people have kids. Nor should there EVER be. Some young people don't want them. Where's the crisis here?

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Translation -- "I have no answer to your specific question, so here's some babble".



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Translation -- "I have no answer to your specific question, so here's some babble".



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Lol. You believe it's ones responsibility to have kids yes?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Lol. You believe it's ones responsibility to have kids yes?

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I'll answer when you answer DonGlock26's question.




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[initforme]

I don't know how they fare. I don't see any societies collapsing. The world population seems to be doing very well.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I don't know how they fare. I don't see any societies collapsing. The world population seems to be doing very well.

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Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Pardon us if we don't value it as much as you want us to.



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Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Pardon us if we don't value it as much as you want us to.



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Why is it an issue if some young people remain single and don't get married etc. ? I don't understand. Please explain. I'm respectfully asking for where the crisis is.

 

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American women are giving up on effeminate leftist men.

 

[DonGlock26]

People are free to decide if they want to have kids. If they want them that's great. But if they don't then that's somehow some kind of crisis? Do we want people who don't want kids to have them? What's the sense in that? There is nothing mandating people have kids. Nor should there EVER be. Some young people don't want them. Where's the crisis here?

No one is talking about mandatory child rearing. That's just a strawman argument. There are demographic consequences to a below replacement birth rate that should be discussed.