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U.S. marriage rate is at record low
UPI ^ | April 29, 2020 | ByEd Adamczyk

Posted on 04/29/2020 1:04:48 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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1 posted on 04/29/2020 1:04:48 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What’s the point of it these days?


2 posted on 04/29/2020 1:05:33 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

If you’re a young person and you want to get married, it helps if you’re in an insular community where you can find your spouse. Otherwise, there’s no point.


3 posted on 04/29/2020 1:07:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM7RylQUU5E

Woman wins right to seek money from ex-husband 30 years after breakup

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/mar/11/woman-wins-right-seek-money-ex-husband-30-years-after-break-up-dale-vince

g that sounds like fun


4 posted on 04/29/2020 1:07:57 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: Brilliant

Especially what’s the point of it if the young woman is a crazy, hysterical liberal ninny?


5 posted on 04/29/2020 1:07:58 PM PDT by jpl ("You are fake news.")
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Sad for the next generation of children....lack of a stable two-parent family.
6 posted on 04/29/2020 1:09:28 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Brilliant

There have been some threads on this site, about how marriage is a bad deal for men nowadays.

I can understand the decline in marriage based on some factors we see in our culture:

1. as noted, many men see being legally married as a bad deal, when you get into divorce court, especially.

2. Many young women today don’t want marriage either, as they are pursuing careers, and don’t feel the need for marriage. And many, until their biological clock is running in their 30s and 40s, think that they will either never want children and a husband, or that they still have plenty of time to think about that in the future.

3. Neither men nor women want to be married or tied down. They have seen many bad marriages among family and friends, and don’t want to fall into that trap.

4. Many young men and women are, can we say, self centered or hedonistic. They can’t imagine a life with children and being tied down, because they want to go to Macchu Pichu(sp?) and go on vacation trips, and out to nightclubs. Again, they just don’t want to be tied down.


7 posted on 04/29/2020 1:12:28 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The point of marriage is to have a healthy, growing, prosperous economy.

Without marriage it is impossible to have happy normal families. Without marriage society devolves into what we have now. A Welfare State. The point of marriage is to avoid poverty, ignorance, dependence on the government and to get personally richer.

I could go on and on and on. If anyone really cannot see the value of marriage, then they’ve cucked themselves into believing the femi-nazis and the liberals as they have redefined what marriage really is.


8 posted on 04/29/2020 1:13:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Destroying the economy every 10 years doesn’t help.


9 posted on 04/29/2020 1:15:44 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Kids from broken homes will end up killing those that have had a happy childhood.


10 posted on 04/29/2020 1:18:11 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That should change, even before the post-COVID-19 baby boom begins in December.


11 posted on 04/29/2020 1:21:34 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("The natives are growing restless")
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You ain’t wrong.

Most mass murderers are from broken homes. Sandy Hook, Parkland, FL, etc.


12 posted on 04/29/2020 1:22:10 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wouldn’t wish marriage on my son or nephews.

My daughters or niece on the other hand? Just make sure he can pay for everything for life when he divorces you.

Sorry but marriage has become a millstone around the neck for men.

From first hand experience I can tell you it’s absolutely unnecessary to get what you need from a woman without marrying her. I don’t think the ones over 40 that did it want to do it again.


13 posted on 04/29/2020 1:23:18 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (There is no one more racist than a white liberal.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Third generation of illegitimate children of ugly boys coming up. Young women should avoid girl talk, stop trying the sex merchandise first, avoid drugs and hold out for young men who are a pleasure to be with outside of sex.


14 posted on 04/29/2020 1:24:28 PM PDT by familyop (Hell hath no fury like a scorned parrot.)
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My Son just got married on Saturday. They couldn't wait any longer. There were 8 of us in attendance including the pastor and photographer. Pastor locked the doors in case the police stopped by but they stayed away.
One of the best days of my life =)
15 posted on 04/29/2020 1:24:38 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

Wall Street worship got us here.


16 posted on 04/29/2020 1:26:53 PM PDT by teevolt
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

To add to this? My drive through routine has changed since Starbucks is closed near me for the duration. A local spot has a drive through that has taken my business and there’s a cute as a button young woman that works there that I would ordinarily ask out. Until today when she had a “Nevertheless She Persisted” shirt on.

So, she’s doomed to making a man, or woman.... miserable.


17 posted on 04/29/2020 1:27:40 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (There is no one more racist than a white liberal.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

>>>I can understand the decline in marriage based on some factors we see in our culture:<<<

I would like to offer my own points.

1) Marriage isn’t marriage anymore. No fault divorce nullified wedding vows past, present and future. You can promise to love one another in good times and in bad, for better or for worse. But the state says you can still divorce, for any reason whatsoever.

2) If you break your vow, there isn’t a consequence. You split up assets evenly. If the wife is the cheater not only did she not honor her vows, but usually the man pays her money in the form of child support. That stings especially hard for men. But women who have been wronged feel it too.

3) There is free milk everywhere. The single dating age men I talk to tell me stories about the women they meet giving up sex easily And these women are innumerable.

4) non religion, agnosticism or atheism are ever more prevalent. Outside of religion, what exactly is the purpose of marriage? It’s purely optional for these folks.

Marriage is a legally binding contract with you, your spouse and the State. When exactly did we decide that some judge outta override marriage vows? Regardless the consequences have been terrible for stable lives and especially terrible for children caught between divorcing parents.


18 posted on 04/29/2020 1:27:57 PM PDT by BJ1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

After this forced lock down it will be interesting to see what the divorce rate does.


19 posted on 04/29/2020 1:32:57 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
On my 3rd, and we got married when I was 52 … so never say never.

However, we started a business together flipping houses 4 months to the day after we met. After we survived the first one, we knew that we had common goals and would serve to build each other up, not tear each other down. Now 5 years in, we have graduated from flipping to having a company that invests in apartment complexes, and are both looking forward to quitting our day jobs in the next couple of years.
20 posted on 04/29/2020 1:34:01 PM PDT by RainMan (rainman)
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