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I especially take exception at the comment by the twenty-eight-year-old Ms. Levy. As I am 33, married (12 years) have two children and the only time I feel trapped is when I have to watch live events on CNN Intl' and pray they don't open their mouths.

Her comments go to show how immature she really is if she thinks one has to have gotten ready for marriage by playing with her girlfriends, as if being prepared to be sent into Biosphere II for the rest of her life. Has she not seen any healthy marriages? I have tons of outside activities that don't involve my DH, love going out with the girls and have taken trips on my own. Yet having a life-long helper, lover and best friend is the reason I enjoy those activities even more. IMO it's this type of thinking that is leading to these so-called "starter marriages" in the last few years, where the "kids" can't even stick it out 12 months.

The only thing I think is positive about this is that at least they aren't shacking up with someone.

I especially take exception at the comment by the twenty-eight-year-old Ms. Levy. As I am 33, married (12 years) have two children and the only time I feel trapped is when I have to watch live events on CNN Intl' and pray they don't open their mouths.

And I am 33, never married, with no kids, and I definately wish that I was married and had the kids. The only problem is that the vast majority of the young women today are just like Ms. Levy...

(Case in point: My brother had his fiancee of two years break up with him about six months before the planned wedding. He treated her like a queen, but she made up her mind and dumped him in the course of a weekend. No discussion, no warning, nothing. The reason? She didn't feel like she had "lived enough" yet to get married. It devestated him, but by now we both know he is much better off without such a shallow, confused b***h...)

Has she not seen any healthy marriages?

Good examples are rather rare in the Blue Zone, especially in urban environments.