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To: Dnepr
No offense to your son, but I believe most young men nowadays don't bother getting married because they don't HAVE to. Back when you had to get married in order to have any sex with your girlfriend, men got married at a pretty young age, then, as they had kids, there was societal pressure to stay married.

Of course with the 'Free Love' era that began in the late 60s, all that began to change. 25 years ago, when my Daddy was still alive, he used to say, about the attitudes of young men, "Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?" So it had begun to change even then.

That's why there was such a push for legalized abortion in the early 70's. All that 'Free Love' wasn't so free after all, and liberated women, and the young men who wanted to have sex with them, began to push for a chance to rid themselves of their problems. The ability to get rid of these kids started changing peoples' attitudes toward all children.

52 posted on 07/22/2006 7:56:20 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

Luther said, 500 years ago, that people put off getting married just so they can fornicate, basically what you are saying, which is 100% true.


104 posted on 07/22/2006 9:00:20 PM PDT by sine_nomine (Go Israel. Beat the terrorists.)
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To: SuziQ
No offense to your son, but I believe most young men nowadays don't bother getting married because they don't HAVE to. Back when you had to get married in order to have any sex with your girlfriend, men got married at a pretty young age, then, as they had kids, there was societal pressure to stay married.

Of course with the 'Free Love' era that began in the late 60s, all that began to change. 25 years ago, when my Daddy was still alive, he used to say, about the attitudes of young men, "Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?" So it had begun to change even then.

That's why there was such a push for legalized abortion in the early 70's. All that 'Free Love' wasn't so free after all, and liberated women, and the young men who wanted to have sex with them, began to push for a chance to rid themselves of their problems. The ability to get rid of these kids started changing peoples' attitudes toward all children.

You hit the nail right on the head. This also makes me think of a woman who I once knew that had 6, yes, 6 abortions. She ended up dying at 41 from cancer--childless, relationshipless and very lonely and very sad. She was always talking about her dream job and the very rich man she was going to one day find. She was very self focused and very materialist--this was the exchange for all these children she killed. What a waste.

119 posted on 07/22/2006 9:36:11 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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