Posted on 04/27/2017 6:58:00 PM PDT by BJ1
It’s not scalable...
How good is your way of life if you will not have children to perpetuate it once you are gone?
Until they turn 65 or 70... and there is no one around to care for them.
“Until they turn 65 or 70... and there is no one around to care for them.”
That’s easy.
When they get old, you raise their property taxes so high that they have to sell their house to young rich people and then move out of town.
It’s what local governments do.
I can guarantee you that widowers living alone are being counted among these statistics and skewing the supposed good things “singles” supposedly do.
Young single people dont do much of anything except chase skirts and go out to eat.
Bump
How Godless. The singles described here are coasting on the societal norms inherited from a Christian nation. Their children and/or their Godless grandchildren will see nothing wrong with sin - because they’ll believe that there is no such thing - only power.
“The future belongs to those who show up ... “
Crazy, faithless, feckless women.
Welcome to Idiocracy.
lol
who cares “when you are gone”
What they should be worried about is who will take care of them when they are OLD!
Some of them are alone. Many of my kids’ friends are single and sad. They want someone in their lives, but are having trouble finding mates who share their values in this decadent world.
As long as it is the ugly people that aren’t breeding.....
I'mm not so sure. I don't know if they mean single mothers too, but there is a lot of emotional development in having a family and raising children.
How about an RV ...
On The Road Again!
That is a shame; however, this article is about people who are single and do NOT, supposedly want to EVER get married. But the premise is a big fat LIE; the older these people get, the more alone they are and the more unhappy.
“If current trends continue, successive generations will have unprecedented opportunities to pursue the life that suits them best, rather than the one that is prescribed.”
Ummmm don’t you sorta need uhhhh kids to have successive generations?
“According to a national survey ongoing since 1974, Americans have never been less likely to be friends with their neighbors than they are now, with neighborliness lowest in the suburbs. “
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Baloney !
I’ve lived in suburbs since 1960-——and we always had friends and good neighbors.
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Well, everyone has different experiences there. I’ve lived in the same house for 25 years, and neighbors have come and gone. I barely know who.lives in my neighbors houses . One house was never for sale that I know of. Just one day I saw someone needs new move in. And have never spoken to or seen who lives there. They keep a low profile never see them in the yard or outside at all.
IF you get to raise your children.
The thing everyone is missing is the risks involved in getting married and having kids. Your wife at any point can cheat, leave, and take everything including the kids. Do you want to be a wage slave the rest of your life? Do you want to join the millions of single fathers who get destroyed by broken, bias, and corrupt family courts?
If Conservatives and Republicans want to address this issue, start by fixing family courts, eliminating alimony, supporting shared parenting. Start removing the risks to marriage and reducing the number of single parent homes. Address the cultural and legal issues surrounding this.
I see your point. I was a single adult until marriage at age 30. I saw being single as a transitional phase till I got married. I never wanted to be single an entire adult life.
There, fixed it!
Attending PTA meetings and other school functions, interacting with the parents of my children's friends, etc. - heck, even going ice-skating in my 50s: Those are all activities on which I would miss out if I hadn't had children.
Regards,
“Attending PTA meetings and other school functions, interacting with the parents of my children’s friends, etc. - heck, even going ice-skating in my 50s: Those are all activities on which I would miss out if I hadn’t had children.”
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True,but even childless couple or singles meet people and do things.
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