Posted on 01/16/2007 10:04:04 AM PST by shrinkermd
For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.
In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits.
Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom.
In addition, marriage rates among black women remain low. Only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, according to the Census Bureau, compared with about 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women.
In a relatively small number of cases, the living arrangement is temporary, because the husbands are working out of town, are in the military or are institutionalized. But while most women eventually marry, the larger trend is unmistakable.
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Well, QUIT stuffing all those upsides, Firerce!!! ;-P
True statements, all.
The problem with most guys is they look for women in all the wrong places.
Why do all these threads become anti-woman.
LOL, seriously you have to ask? I hope you would have figured out the answer to that by now ;)
There. I fixed it.
They're catching up, though. Life expectancy for women is dropping as they get more involved in the work world.
That's me. I wouldn't trade my life for anything in the world.
I climbed the corporate ladder until I decided I wanted children. The feeling of liberation I felt after quitting the rat race was exhilarating to say the least.
The feel and smell of the babies was heavenly. The smell and taste of home cooked meals can't be beat. Sometimes I wonder why God chose to favor me like this. What have I done to receive such a gift?
On the contrary, most single men I know are hard-working, both white collar and blue collar. They want to get married. By the age of 25, and usually much earlier, most of them have asked 2 or 3 single women to marry them ... and have been rejected. They are not expecting Jessica Simpson. They are expecting a woman who will occasionally say "yes" ... and I'm not just referring to in-bed ... I'm referring to letting him continue to work at the job he loves without constant bitching, etc.
He straightened his life out and met me. He's lucky in that his kids adore him and he has a good relationship with his ex. I consider her a friend. I would never marry a man whose ex wife didn't like him. Just as a person. There are many marriages that simply don't work out, even if both parties are good people.
You'd think that since I've been here since 1998, I'd be immune...:)
Say, you wouldn’t by chance have her phone number?
Good for you! I'm glad you had the gumption to carve out what sounds to be a full, successful and contented life.
The only thing I might say to you is, turn your fear of the hurt over to God because you just don't know what he might have in store for you. :^)
I really want to reply to that, but also want to retain posting privileges.
BTW, thank God my dad didn't follow your last statement!
He is the ONLY dad to my older siblings (technically, half-siblings), who had a poor excuse for a dad who was actually married to my mom. Abusive (threatened, but didn't get anywhere - not with MY mom), adulterous, lecherous and just plain odd and seedy. Probably best described as 1 of those "good ol'boys" in the bars.
Mom made a poor choice (father warned her) young, got 2 children out of it in short time, left back to her parents' who helped raise her children while she worked, until she met my dad.
A woman of 29 with 2 sentient children. My never-married virgin dad didn't mind apparently, because he not only asked her to dance (not knowing she's a mother), but married her after only 5 months. And adopted the children, who asked if they could call him "Daddy" when they heard the wedding news.
And here we are 40 years later....he's still the only Dad my brother and sister care about. And at least he gave them stability.
"Cuz they are such beeotches". (JK!!!!!!) I like ladies. They make good dinners so i can watch my racing and I can have nice, clean, pressed clothes ready for me in the morning.
Michael Moore?
Or Rosie o'Doughnut?
That is a trend I've noted on "that other thread" yesterday, but I was shot down as being wrong and that it's just joshing.
When it happens enough, though, you begin to see it as "real"!
That's true but they are drawn to those men because they are more exciting and sexy. Many hard working, sober men are just boring or duds. Of course they aren't going to pique a woman's sexual interest.
I have discussed this many times in debunking the 'women like jerks, reject nice guys' mentality. It's not that they like jerks, they are just turned on by masculine traits, and jerks have unambiguously (and often exaggerated) masculine traits.
Nicer guys often go to some length to tone down their masculinity so as to not appear threatening or 'like the other guys.' That makes no sense - they are toning down sex appeal and expecting a stronger sexual response.
I don't buy into the nice guy/jerk paradigm. Women tend to want a good, masculine man. An excessively nice, too accommodating male comes across as less than masculine and is rejected by women, regardless of how stable he is.
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