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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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To: Lurking in Kansas

I'm with you. I can cook, keep house, wash clothes and entertain myself better than any woman I've ever met!


41 posted on 01/23/2007 7:29:13 AM PST by fox martyr son
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To: sam_paine

Yes, and also includes women who are married, but whose spouses are not living with them at this moment -- for example, if their husband is off doing military duty.


42 posted on 01/23/2007 7:29:20 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: shrinkermd

Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?


43 posted on 01/23/2007 7:29:27 AM PST by bondjamesbond (Have you ever noticed that whatever the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes"?)
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To: Lurking in Kansas
Oh really? LOL. I didn't realize it was my duty to marry.

It is your duty to BE. It is your privilege to become more self-aware.

44 posted on 01/23/2007 7:29:59 AM PST by Lazamataz (You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
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To: SMARTY
you are right, the situation you describe has happened to my cousin. It seems to me that your rights to your children should not be circumscribed by divorce. Joint custody should be the rule.
45 posted on 01/23/2007 7:30:04 AM PST by Lennyq (There is no need to overturn Marbury v Madison)
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To: shrinkermd

Drugs, alcohol, and homosexuality.


46 posted on 01/23/2007 7:30:13 AM PST by i_dont_chat (I have the right to offend. You can take offense or not.)
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To: CholeraJoe

Why would you post that? Just to upset people who like cats? I hope the dogs that kill cats choke to death.


47 posted on 01/23/2007 7:31:15 AM PST by Fawn (NEVER GO TO 'APPLIANCE KING' IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA--THEY SCAM YOU!!!)
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To: Lazamataz
Work on you. A successful relationship is an inside job. You will attract what you become.

Gospel truth...but an opinion highly unpopular in the US these days, where one's unhappiness is clearly somebody else's fault. ;)

48 posted on 01/23/2007 7:31:32 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Mr. K
And what does this mean for us guys who would actually LIKE TO get married??

IMHO, it means that you had better wait and be DAMN sure that the one you decide to marry is the right one. Though you will never know for sure if it is, take every precaution that you can that person will be as dedicated as you. I wasn't sure until I lost my job and was unemployed for a year, she stuck by me and supported me while we were dating. I got back on my feet, married her, and will forever do my best to give her the world.

49 posted on 01/23/2007 7:31:39 AM PST by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: fox martyr son
I'm with you. I can cook, keep house, wash clothes and entertain myself better than any woman I've ever met!

If the bolded phrase involves a beach towel, a web site, and Crisco, I simply don't want to know.

50 posted on 01/23/2007 7:31:49 AM PST by Lazamataz (You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
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To: shrinkermd

People are single nowadays because they were raised in a culture of narcissism. Marraige requires responsibility and sacrifice.....two concepts that are anathema to modern culture.


51 posted on 01/23/2007 7:32:09 AM PST by Dreagon
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To: shrinkermd
This story was debunked by Micahel Medved over the weekend.

They used girls 15-19 in their statistics as unmarried. Over 10,000,000 females fit into that catagory.

52 posted on 01/23/2007 7:32:10 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: Lurking in Kansas
The correct answer to him should of been:
Ignorance and Jealousy.
53 posted on 01/23/2007 7:32:25 AM PST by Fawn (NEVER GO TO 'APPLIANCE KING' IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA--THEY SCAM YOU!!!)
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To: Paco

GMTA


54 posted on 01/23/2007 7:32:27 AM PST by bondjamesbond (Have you ever noticed that whatever the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes"?)
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To: shrinkermd

When the press gets hold of a skewed number they like they just won't let go.


55 posted on 01/23/2007 7:33:00 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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To: shrinkermd

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

&

CHEATING

IMHO


56 posted on 01/23/2007 7:33:36 AM PST by JFC
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
Misery loves company huh?

Some people aren't able to have kids. Hate them too?

57 posted on 01/23/2007 7:33:42 AM PST by Fawn (NEVER GO TO 'APPLIANCE KING' IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA--THEY SCAM YOU!!!)
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To: Just another Joe

Because young men don't have to get married to have sex regularly any more.

Also, divorce laws favor women, and young men can find themselves handing over a substantial portion of their paychecks for 18 years in exchange for very little contact with their children.

Why bother?


58 posted on 01/23/2007 7:33:48 AM PST by carola
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To: Lazamataz

It doesn't but your humor is amusing.
I have a Cairn Terrier that pretty much runs the house; life here centers around whatever he's doing.


59 posted on 01/23/2007 7:34:02 AM PST by fox martyr son
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To: FightThePower!

A seinfeld reference....


60 posted on 01/23/2007 7:34:13 AM PST by commonguymd
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