Posted on 10/14/2006 11:40:40 AM PDT by voletti
IT'S OFFICIAL: TO BE MARRIED MEANS TO BE OUTNUMBERED...
49.7%, or 55.2 million, of the nation's 111.1 million households in 2005 were made up of married couples -- with/without children -- just shy of majority...
But hey, what now? The Europeanization of America proceeds apace?
Headline is in error. Married couples are now a minority among all households, not among couples.
Mrs VS
I think too many people get married too young and that turns them off on marriage.
I was too young at 31 years old and the marriage didn't last. Fortunately I was old enough to know that there was nothing wrong with marriage and am now happily married for good, for better or for worse.
I got married at 19. Still am thirty years later. Nobody ever interviews me.
Wow, my wife and I are freakaziods because no only are we married (and she is a she, and I am a he) it is both our "first" marriage, with no breakup in site.
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I think this is a lie. They make numbers fit their means.
they are trying to re-invent civilization. it is up to all of us if we care to believe them.
I DO NOT. (happily married, 23 years) (inlaws happily married 54 years)
Well, I married at the age of 23 and we are now going on 18 years together. Sometimes marriage is alot of work, but its worth it.
It looks like guys are smartening up.
Marriage has been turned into a one-way contract written against the interests of men, and to enable women to totally screw them out of their hard-earned financial assets.
Why any guy would sign such a contract these days mystifies me.
Well, the number is probably slightly higher because i'm not sure if this survey takes into account ages 0-18 who can't be married. Even so, its still slightly scary.
So, do we get Affirmative Action now?
Like you, my wife and I married at the age of 19. That was 32 years ago. The typical response I get from others is "WOW". Heck, the typical response I got from others when I'd been married 10 years was "WOW". I never understood it.
My wife and I get a big kick out of celebrating the anniversary of our first date: October 22, 1971.
And the left is pleased, since they want to destroy the family.
I got married right after high school graduation at the age of 17. My sweetheart and me will celebrate our 48th Wedding Anniversary in February. We are more in love now than ever!! The key word? COMMITMENT!!!!
"Married couples a minority among all couples in the US"
Now that we're a minority, do we get special privileges??
Get a grip, folks. This is old leftist boiler plate rubbish seeking to give the illusion that marriage is dead or dying. Of course, the implicit message is that fruitism or serial bestiality or quadro-sexualism are the fastest growing favorites in the 'New' America.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The real headline should state that marriage remains the overwhelming favorite condition for American households. All other arrangements sink to minor status in relation to the biggest catagory of marriage. These stats usually do not include those who have been married and have:
A) had their spouse die.
B) been divorced.
C) are separated.
D) have bi-coastal marriages or other careers that require separate living arrangements.
Furthermore, these stats ignore the single households where the occupant is:
A) looking forward to marriage.
b) living together with a potential mate and with the intent (cough) of getting married.
C) between marriages for serial monogamists.
When these groups are factored into the mix, America is overwhelmingly friendly to marriage and the vast, vast majority of people are participants.
Sorry, leftist fruitcakes. You're not invited to America's favorite relationship.
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