The stats by education level are surprising given the increasing difficulty of survival on a single income without roommates. I'm left to gather that marriage as an institution is losing popularity, with informal (to the government) long-term partnerships conferring sufficient desired benefits.
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It says in the article that couples forgoing marriage account for a some of this, but it's mostly people remaining single.
If one defines "single" as "lives alone/with platonic roommates," sure. I've been with my partner for three years and live alone because of geography, but I would not consider myself single.
I'm surprised it is that high.
Almost past the 4 oh, and consider the institution of marriage in a legal sense, an outdated scam of misogynistic patriarchal nonsense. I know there are a broad spectrum of roles, not just CIS, and it has to do with inheritance/benefits/property/etc. Don't catfish my stereotype that has obvious exceptions. All I'm saying is that I feel like the system has a misogynistic patriarchal asymmetrical prejudice built in. I am not interested in the type of asymmetric role I was raised to accept in a religious extremest culture. In my personal situation, this would be a disadvantage, but still, I have no interest in an asymmetric relationship of any kind. IMO, marriage is like a will that is only useful in old age.
I am one. AMA
Probably directly proportional to religion falling out of favor.
I don’t think trusts the case. It works explain why black people or people with less education have higher lower rates of being married.
Not sure what you’re trying to say. Sorry.
My parents married at 18/25 and are married still, 46 years later, and still love each other and stuff. I'm in my 40's with a kid, never married and can't see myself ever getting married.
Why can’t you see yourself getting married?
I just could never picture it, not even as a kid. I guess I don't want to be with someone in that way. Are you married/want to be married?