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How Roommates Replaced Spouses in the 20th Century
The Atlantic ^ | 9-3-2013 | Derek Thompson

Posted on 09/03/2013 1:57:00 PM PDT by ClaytonP

In 1968, just six percent of young people --between 18 and 31 -- lived with platonic roommates, according to Pew Research. The vast majority (85 percent!) of Americans who had moved on from their homes and college dorms shacked up with spouses.

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Put more quirkily: In 1968, if you wanted to throw a dinner party for all your twentysomething friends who had moved out of their parents' home, and you invited three girls who lived together, you would have to invite fourteen married couples to make the party proportionally representative of your generation's living arrangements (okay, not a priority for most dinner parties, parties, but still.) Roommate was a synonym for spouse, basically.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: family; genderwars; generationy; marriage; moralabsolutes; singles; socialdecay; trends
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1 posted on 09/03/2013 1:57:00 PM PDT by ClaytonP
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To: ClaytonP

Being on a parents health insurance plan until age 27 surely isn’t going to help this much


2 posted on 09/03/2013 2:08:21 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: ClaytonP

Women have chosen to be like men.

Men have decided that if they are going to live with a man, they prefer one that pays their share and doesn’t try to change them into a woman.


3 posted on 09/03/2013 2:08:39 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

“Just because they’re not dating anymore doesn’t mean they don’t have sex”

Overheard real quote of one young woman about another young woman.


4 posted on 09/03/2013 2:19:31 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Cram black misbehavior down their throats until they change.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
It is a sad time for this country.


5 posted on 09/03/2013 2:24:24 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: ClaytonP

They were not shacking up with spouses, but with “sposes”. As in “Do you ‘spose they’ll ever get married?”


6 posted on 09/03/2013 2:24:25 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: SampleMan

“Women have chosen to be like men.

Men have decided that if they are going to live with a man, they prefer one that pays their share and doesn’t try to change them into a woman.”

That sums it up nicely. Men can get laid often enough, so sex isn’t a problem. I guess we could also say, “Why buy the cow when the milk is free.”


7 posted on 09/03/2013 2:52:48 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: ClaytonP
The "women's movement" has sent women to bed, gratuitously and casually, and has been accomodated by killing the babies if an "accident" happens.

This WHOLE thing is consistent with the "take no responsibility for your actions; claim you are a 'VICTIM', and the Gubmint will take care of you".

THAT is where we are today, in all of this mess....

The Nuclear Family is nearly non-existent, traditional marriage is "old-folks' ways", and there will come a day when the tide turns.

8 posted on 09/03/2013 2:59:55 PM PDT by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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To: ClaytonP

I had a female roommate once.....once.
We are still friends but never again. Guys are so much easier to live with.


9 posted on 09/03/2013 3:01:45 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: SampleMan

In a nutshell.

And the laws all favor women changing men into women.

With family court and support groups and universities teaching what they teach, warping minds, and society encouraging all sorts of self-destructive behavior as “awesome” and sound behavior as “oppressive, outdated”,

there is not much upside for men to be married.

Which is exactly what liberals want. It all aids in the destruction of the family. along with attacks on the church, the only societal pillar left is government, and the libs believe they can control that one forever.


10 posted on 09/03/2013 3:10:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: AppyPappy

I think in general, roommates of the same sex are easier to live with. less tension and less worry about mixed signals or crossing lines.


11 posted on 09/03/2013 3:12:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: CodeToad
That sums it up nicely. Men can get laid often enough, so sex isn’t a problem. I guess we could also say, “Why buy the cow when the milk is free.”

Women have been taught that sex with a single man is liberating, while sex with their husband is prostitution. The absurdity doesn't appear to phase them.

Men have responded by choosing "friends with benefits" over "marriage without benefits".

12 posted on 09/03/2013 3:31:19 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan; Uncle Miltie

Oh, great.

Another “Ain’t American women awful!” FR thread.


13 posted on 09/03/2013 4:04:30 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

What is your theory on why men aren’t seeking to get married?


14 posted on 09/03/2013 4:10:39 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

Either they’re spurned losers who take to complaining about women in general on Internet boards—or like a lot of unmarried women they either are interested only with just the right person they haven’t met or they are gay or...

Actually, I believe there are more hetero women opting out of marriage than hetero men.


15 posted on 09/03/2013 4:14:28 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: JimRed
They were not shacking up with spouses, but with “sposes”. As in “Do you ‘spose they’ll ever get married?

We are members of a new parish that's just over 2 years old. We recently had the first wedding, between two young people in the parish. I remarked to the priest that this was a milestone for the parish. He remarked that he'd "fixed up" a number of cases where, had the ceremonies been publicized, people would have said "I didn't know they weren't married."

16 posted on 09/03/2013 4:16:45 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Yes, by having sex with single men and relying on Uncle Sam to pay the bills, many hetero women are indeed opting out of marriage.

Being a married man provides zero benefits in family court, and in fact just guarantees that you will get all of the responsibility and none of the benefits, any time a woman opts for divorce.


17 posted on 09/03/2013 4:19:01 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

Your contempt for women is...sad?...unfortunate? Certainly not a foundation for a healthy committed, hetero relationship.


18 posted on 09/03/2013 4:30:35 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SampleMan
Men have decided that if they are going to live with a man, they prefer one that pays their share and doesn't try to change them into a woman.

Hah...thanks for the unvarnished truth...

The great thing about my bride of 34 years is she doesn't think that way, she wants me to be a her MAN...not her girlfriend...

I work with several guys in their 20's to 30's....the absolute crap they put up from their girlfriends, shack ups is amazing...

19 posted on 09/03/2013 4:41:57 PM PDT by Popman (hr)
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To: 9YearLurker; SampleMan
Your contempt for women is...sad?...unfortunate? Certainly not a foundation for a healthy committed, hetero relationship.

Sorry, I have to jump into your little tit for tat...but I must make a comment

A healthy committed, hetero relationship is a two way street...

Having raised four sons, helping them though adulthood to find a soul-mate, I find that many women, especially young ones are really, really screwed up in the head: feminism, gender politics, immorality, no sexual mores, celebtard culture, probably abortions

If I was a young man today...I'd probably be single...because the I won't deal with the head cases most women are...

20 posted on 09/03/2013 5:02:06 PM PDT by Popman
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