Ready for the marriage apocalypse? [Prov 30, Rev 19]

CNN ^ | 4/7/2015 | Carol Costello

[Jan_Sobieski]

(CNN)The marriage apocalypse may be coming. Talk to any millennial and you can envision an America virtually marriage-free, with everyone happily single. I did. And I do.

Recently, I talked about marriage with a group of journalism students from my alma mater, Kent State University. They came to me for career advice, which I gave them, but I also picked their brains about politics, religion and marriage. Their views on marriage intrigued me the most. 'Cause, guess what? They don't care what your generation thinks -- they'll get married if and when they want.

"I didn't go to college for four years to be a mom," 21-year old Candace Monacelli told me. "There's no housewife degree. I've worked my butt off for four years to get this degree. You want to use it. You want to be successful. You want to have that happy part of your life as well."

Jackie Demate, also 21, agreed. "I would have a very hard time justifying spending $20,000 on a wedding when I could go to Europe." At first I thought Jackie was kidding. So jokingly, I responded, "Wow, some people would say, with that attitude, you are undermining the moral foundation of this country!"

Jackie didn't blink. "But, Europe!" she exclaimed. "I'm really looking for a travel buddy. And I don't think you need a wedding ring to prove that you love someone. I see a lot of people get married too soon or stay together and are unhappy because they are afraid to be alone. And I would rather be alone, successful and happy than in a relationship where I'm not happy. ... I'm OK being single forever. As long as I'm happy."

[eyeamok]

Aint that the truth!

Feminism has destroyed the American Way of life, funny but sad part is, the vast majority of women that bought in to this crap end up lonely and bitter as they approach 40, and stay that way forever. Most will drop their pants on Hello, just for companionship. But Men won’t take them, except for a night.

[Obadiah]

And these bitter women vote Democrat all their lives. First for “free” birth control and then because they hate all men.

[babygene]

I wouldn’t put much stock in what these young women say. It’s sour grapes... Young men are revolting at this point and they couldn’t find a husband if their life depended on it.

[Steve_Seattle]

Who would WANT to marry a journalism major? It would be like being trapped in a closet with Hillary Clinton for 40 years.

[Steve_Seattle]

I’d rather be alone and happy - and not even particularly successful - than be married to today’s journalism major. Can you imagine the horror of being married to someone like Candace Monacelli?

[PapaNew]

Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats (1 Timothy 4:1-3).

How many signs do we need to tell us we are near the end of the age, end times? Among other things, we see society accelerating in the direction of forbidding to marry (from spiritual, social, & family breakdown & part of the end game of the gay agenda) and commanding to abstain from meats (the rise of PITA, animal rights, and environmentalism).

[nopardons]

That wasn’t for a dress, it was for a wedding, in ALL aspects of same. The thing is, though, that depending on where one gets married, $20,000 is chump change and gets you a pretty crumby wedding.

[Red Badger]

Journalism students,what else would she expect.
She should talk to students studying for real jobs.......

[fr_freak]

I wouldn’t put much stock in what these young women say. It’s sour grapes... Young men are revolting at this point and they couldn’t find a husband if their life depended on it.

The best theory is that every since Uncle Sugar decided to hand out free money to any woman who pops out a bastard, women no longer have incentive (while they're young and hot) to "settle" for any young man who is less than perfect. Once upon a time, woman would leverage their youth and beauty to find a husband who could support her and her children. Now, they feel free to hold out for the men who might be the most attractive, but who either can't be or won't be husbands or fathers. Even a night with one of those sexy sons-of-bitches is better to them than a year or a lifetime with some boring old nice guy, provider type, since Uncle Sugar will never let them starve.

The result is that young women who are not raised properly (which is most) spend their youth whoring around, then only after they are older, used up and spit out by every Johnny Bad Boy do they look for some nice guy sucker to marry them, often only to rape them in a divorce some years later. But the nice guys are finally figuring out what a raw deal it is, and are just avoiding marriage all together.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Amen!

[TalBlack]

... I’m OK being single forever. As long as I’m happy.”

This is a plan if you can stay 22 forever.

[mom of young patriots]

“And I would rather be alone, successful and happy than in a relationship where I’m not happy. ... I’m OK being single forever. As long as I’m happy.”

Jackie’s 21 and, like most people in the springtime of their lives, she thinks she is immortal. Check in with her again in 15-20 years. She needs to mature and hit a few of life’s speed bumps before she begins to understand what really matters...and what really doesn’t.

I find an interview with someone like her to be pretty worthless anyway. Too soon to have acquired any wisdom and too close to the institution that stuffed her mind full of wrongheadedness.