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Wedded bliss not a priority for U.S. bachelors (because they enjoy a sexually active single life)
Washington Times ^ | 6/26/02 | Cheryl Wetzstein

Posted on 06/26/2002 8:38:38 AM PDT by truthandlife

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Men won't commit to marriage because they enjoy a sexually active single life in a social climate that doesn't push them to marry, a new report says. Young men are indeed "commitment phobic," which is bad news for young women who want build a family before they get too old, said researchers Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe, who run the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. "The median age of first marriage for men has reached 27, the oldest age in our nation's history," Mr. Popenoe said. "If this trend of men waiting to marry continues, it is likely to clash with the timing of marriage and childbearing for the many young women who hope to marry and bear children before they begin to face problems associated with declining fertility," he said. There are several specific reasons for why young men are avoiding marriage, Mr. Popenoe and Mrs. Whitehead said yesterday in their 2002 State of Our Unions report, titled, "Why Men Won't Commit: Exploring Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating and Marriage." The report is based on interviews with 60 single men, 25 to 33, who live in four parts of the country. Primarily, young men are enjoying a sexually active single life

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To: smith288
Why are you apologizing to your mother?
181 posted on 06/27/2002 11:07:34 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
She is a Freeper too.
182 posted on 06/27/2002 11:08:25 AM PDT by smith288
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To: smith288
So since your mother is a FReeper, you must apologize to her for disagreeing with my remark (made sarcasticly) that if guys want to continue having a healthy sex life they should not get married?
184 posted on 06/27/2002 11:17:22 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: The Ghost of Richard Nixon
I give my wife lists of things to do all the time.

I am not saying she does them, just that I give her the list.

185 posted on 06/27/2002 11:18:51 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
I think he doesn't want his mother knowing just how healthy his sex life is ;)
186 posted on 06/27/2002 11:19:12 AM PDT by splach78
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To: Inge_CAV
I couldn't afford to buy or maintain horses.
187 posted on 06/27/2002 11:19:19 AM PDT by weikel
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To: splach78
I am assuming that since he disagreed with my "stay single" comment, that he is married and therefor his mother should not be concerned with his having a healthy sex life within the confines of his marriage.

Now, if he was a single guy out there nailing everything in sight, it would be a different story.

188 posted on 06/27/2002 11:21:04 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
He's definitely married, to me. I don't his mother wants to know how much sex he has though.
189 posted on 06/27/2002 11:23:10 AM PDT by splach78
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To: Phantom Lord
Nah. I wont apologize for disagreeing with you...just that she had the vision. But im sorry for your problems if there is problems.
190 posted on 06/27/2002 11:25:20 AM PDT by smith288
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To: smith288
Im not asking for an apology. And I have no problems.

Though I do have a problem with what seems to be everyone turning off their sarcasm detectors upon entering this thread. My post was a joke!
Though loosely based in reality

191 posted on 06/27/2002 11:28:27 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
Crap, I left them in the car...

And again...loosely sorry for your reality.
192 posted on 06/27/2002 11:32:57 AM PDT by smith288
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To: Wm Bach
(((Besides, marriage (sweet mawwage) has that live far outside the confines of the bedroom. )))

Is twuuu wuv INCONCEIVABLE, Buttercup?

193 posted on 06/27/2002 11:34:16 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: truthandlife
My mother's answer to this question??

Blame the makers of thongs and wonderbra's. LOL! She's so funny!

Although, if there are plenty of women out there that won't say no and don't have any self respect..do you blame these guys?

194 posted on 06/27/2002 11:35:59 AM PDT by MoJo2001
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To: weikel
Well my current girlfriend is rich( she denies it but her family owns horses so..)

Hmmm, I knew it was worth sifting through your posts. With all that manure, there must be a pony somewhere. :)

195 posted on 06/27/2002 11:48:59 AM PDT by AmishDude
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To: Green Knight
Women trade on their femininity. From childhood they are told they have to extract something in returns of their love. Even the little boys, they are forced to carry the little girls books in order to be rewarded with a smile?

This age old problem of men looking for women as sex object is a fact of life. Women attempt to convince themselves that they do not need men! However, at the end they are the one who is bitching about their biological clock? When are we going to see men bitching about their animal instinct, their sex drive, and their attraction to much younger women!

196 posted on 06/27/2002 12:02:55 PM PDT by philosofy123
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To: rmlew
A CAJ? Good luck finding one, my friend....
197 posted on 06/27/2002 12:09:06 PM PDT by quebecois
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To: philosofy123
and their attraction to much younger women!

I am 29 and find women over 45 to be far more attractive than women my age and younger.

198 posted on 06/27/2002 12:15:05 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: philosofy123
Correction, I am 28. Damn fingers.
199 posted on 06/27/2002 12:15:30 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Lizavetta
I think that is your opinion. If we asked your husband, you would be surprise what he will say. Of course, there is always exception to the rule; a guy with low testosterone, a wife with high sex drive and imagination. But that is one in 10,000!!

The reality is good sex, or better sex performance to impress, is typically during the beginning of relationships. That is when women want to do anything to get the stupid guys to sign on the doted line!

200 posted on 06/27/2002 12:18:23 PM PDT by philosofy123
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