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Why Are There So Many Single Americans?
New York Times ^
| 21 January 2007
| Kate Zernike
Posted on 01/23/2007 7:11:06 AM PST by shrinkermd
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Long article. I excerpted only a small portion.
To: shrinkermd
THE news that 51 percent of all women live without a spouse might be enough to make you invest in cat futures.Hasn't this already been debunked a thousand times? This stat includes 15 yr old girls.
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:12:18 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: shrinkermd
Because of the increase of the relative mobility of american families which in turn, leads to social isolation, which in turns leads to single-hood.
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:13:05 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Happy 2007)
To: shrinkermd
Cats, breakfast of Labradors!
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:13:49 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Spork weasels ain't afraid of nuthin' but running out of sardines.)
To: shrinkermd
Why are there so many single Americans?
Maybe because men are afraid to get married anymore.
I know if I was single in todays world I wouldn't want to take the risks.
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:14:04 AM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: shrinkermd
Why are so many people single?
Simple: Our generation, the Baby-boomers made it possible.
No-fault insurance, no fault-divorce, abortion on demand, everything is OK "as long as it doesn't hurt anyone." Does that sound familiar?
We were once a tough nation, we are now a country comprised of pussies who can rationalize any action - so long as we benefit, and everyone else be damned.
How's that?
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:14:18 AM PST
by
RexBeach
To: sam_paine
yup, includes 15 year old girls, women who ARE married but their spouse is in iraq, etc..it also includes older teens who still live at home..yada, yada, yada..
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:14:37 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info..)
To: shrinkermd
Selfishness and self-centeredness.
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:16:04 AM PST
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: shrinkermd
The report about 51 percent of women being single was a fabricated report using false statistics. This has been proven, but of course when does a leftist ever pay attention to truth?
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:16:10 AM PST
by
calex59
To: RexBeach
Our generation, the Baby-boomers made it possible. No-fault insurance, no fault-divorce, abortion on demand, everything is OK "as long as it doesn't hurt anyone." Does that sound familiar? We were once a tough nation, we are now a country comprised of pussies who can rationalize any action - so long as we benefit, and everyone else be damned.I blame lawyers. They hurt plenty and people don't want to take the risk.
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:16:27 AM PST
by
rhombus
To: Just another Joe
It's not worth getting married unless you want kids. Otherwise, why bother?
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:16:32 AM PST
by
zarf
To: shrinkermd; All
notice the difference in how the MSM portrays this stuff...according to this article, 15 year olds are included as "women", but for all the anti-gun nuts out there spouting stats about how "children" are affected by violence, 24 year old gang-bangers are called "children" (as are these 15 year olds) so the stats fit the conclusion..so, they hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest..
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:17:12 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info..)
To: AD from SpringBay
Selfishness and self-centeredness.Oh really? LOL. I didn't realize it was my duty to marry.
To: RexBeach
"We were once a tough nation, we are now a country comprised of pussies who can rationalize any action - so long as we benefit, and everyone else be damned. "
You forgot to thank LAWYERS.......
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:17:21 AM PST
by
litehaus
(A memory tooooo long)
To: Perdogg
And here I thought it was due to feminism
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:17:28 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(yabba dabba dhue)
To: shrinkermd
90% of people are un-date-able and the 50% who end up married get together because of alcohol.
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:17:45 AM PST
by
FightThePower!
(Fight the powers that be!)
To: shrinkermd
Women in divorce proceedings, are a favored group and liberal judges basically rape men in the process of granting divorces to them. How can a man want to go into a marriage, from which he will NEVER emotionally or financially recover if she decides to leave him? He will have his children almost completely alienated from him and he will never get back on his feet financially. Not fair. Too much in that system encourages women to leave their husbands instead of working for reconciliation.( I know I will be assailed for this, here)
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:17:58 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
To: shrinkermd
And what does this mean for us guys who would actually LIKE TO get married??
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:18:31 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: shrinkermd
"As the number of people marrying has dropped off in the last 45 years, the marriage rate has declined equally for men and for women."
ORLY????
Considering that same sex marriage hasn't been legal for the last 45 years, I kinda find it hard to think how it could possibly be otherwise.
Thank you Captain Obvious.
Qwinn
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:18:43 AM PST
by
Qwinn
To: shrinkermd
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posted on
01/23/2007 7:18:44 AM PST
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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