Marriage gets in the way of social services eligibility. One low income qualifies for medical, food stamps, formula etc. Two incomes is too much to qualify.
Folks live together, have children outside of marriage, can’t afford to get married because government benefits are cut off.
If a tree in the forest falls on your ex and nobody is present to hear it, ....................... You should still get rid of the chainsaw.
um... you cant afford to NOT get married!
these people are nuts if they are not getting married because they think they cant afford it. Marriage is one of the paths to financial well being.
Shacking up is a path to poverty.
“Financially ready” depends on how it is measured. If you want a McMansion the size of your parents’ home, it’s going to take a long time. If you want a responsible view of money and responsible spending, that’s a choice people could make when they graduate from school. I didn’t wait on marriage until I was financially ready, just until I found the right woman.
I think the marriage idea is not necessarily a luxury good but one of self-protection for men.
I can think of numerous disastrous divorces. We all can. I’ve seen judges slam men for having a high priced attorney while crying poverty. I didn’t realize having quality legal representation didn’t mean you would receive equal justice under the law. I’ve seen cheating women get half and sole custody.
Screw the idea of a $30,000 wedding and reception. I rejected it in my prime marrying years out of disgust for the practice of self-indulgence. I watched my future/current sister in-law make $3,000 decisions during planning that made me question her sanity.
Plus, if women want careers, sex for pleasure, financial independence and no long term commitment or obligations.... I’m more than willing to give them that.
No woman is worth half of your stuff and I’ve met one woman that I wouldn’t have been divorced from within 5 years based on the above.
I doubt debt is the reason. We have emasculated young men so they no longer have that drive to find a mate. Women have finally turned young men into milk sops and now they don’t want to marry them. Thank you feminists.
American men should NOT ever get married. The courts are against you.
Use men’s choice. Use a condom AND spermicide jelly. And then take the used condom with you.(so she doesn’t impregnate herself.)
It was always this way. We live in the first world with third world wages.
This article is ‘fake news’...the cost of a marriage license is minimal. I’m not saying some don’t get married because of the cost of living, but the larger reasons are men getting raped in divorce courts, and just about everywhere else in American society. Many have just about had it.
Baloney.
The biggest problem is that many women have confused the wedding with the marriage. A wedding is one day (well maybe a week, depending on some of these weddings) and a marriage should be a lifetime. Amazing how you can’t afford to get married but you can afford to have those children out of wedlock.
My children paid for their weddings. They probably spent under $2000 each and had very nice ceremonies. The one at the church cost way more than the one at the country club. Color me surprised because both my daughter and her husband were contributing members, in both time and money. We did pay for both our daughter and daughter-in-law’s wedding dresses. Neither one was over $500, including all the alterations and fancy undergarments. Daughter probably had 150 people at her wedding and most were close family. Son had less than 50 and it was probably one of the nicest I have attended.