I’m 44 and I’ll give ya my opinion on why. Women offer less as wives than before. Do the young women keep home as well as women from even 30 years ago? Do these women expect a man to do more and more stuff that was traditionally women’s work? Are today’s women more selfless or more self centered than in the past?
My observation is that men simply get a lower quality woman by and large today. Oh yah the women tend to be fatter and have short hair.
And the flip side of staying single is that it is better than ever.
You hit the nail right on the head, FRiend
I think you said it better than the original article.
Ya’ll aren’t a bargain either.(not you personally) From a woman married 34 years:
There are men who want just too much—a working wife,perfect house, meals every night, care for the kids, and evening recreation to boot. Woman is exhausted.
I know there are thieving skanks out there, cousins married some such, but there are also women/girls who want nothing more than to get married, stay home, raise kids and take care of her guy....the man and woman just don’t find each other.
....added to first reply- divorces I’ve seen, the fathers and husbands are treated SO badly. Aren’t too many “amicable” custody cases.
A large percentage of women don’t even know how to cook anymore.
>> Oh yah the women tend to be fatter and have short hair.
Well, there ya’ go...
Few things piss me off more than guys degrading women.
Don’t be a bitch.
I don't think young girls know the first thing about cooking or cleaning, nor do they want to know. Many of them think it's beneath them. I've been married 18 years; I developed an interest in cooking when I was in junior high. I used to work outside the home, but not anymore. Now my job is the house, while my husband's is outside the house.
"My observation is that men simply get a lower quality woman by and large today. Oh yah the women tend to be fatter and have short hair."
Can't blame it all on the women, BJI. I'm the first to admit that feminism has ruined so many women to the point of having outright contempt for men.
Yeah, there are women who let themselves go. But on the other hand, there are men who develop guts that make them look like they're thirty months pregnant, and still think they deserve a pretty wife, so they go for a mail-order bride. Then there are the metrosexuals and perpetual adolescent males. Both sexes are screwed up.
"And the flip side of staying single is that it is better than ever."
I think it's MUCH better to be single than to be mismatched in marriage. But people tend to get married too quickly without knowing the other person, and then wonder what went wrong.
My husband and I were together for 2 1/2 years before we married. We knew without a doubt we were the other's soul mate, and we also knew that divorce would never be an option.
Downthread you said you're open to trying again. I encourage it. Just take your time. When marriage is right, there's nothing better.