http://www.theonion.com/articles/fewer-young-americans-marrying,18206/

Ah the onion. However, this:

Quote :

"Can still fuck, cook meals, and watch movies together without a piece of paper"

Is dead on accurate.

10/6/2010 11:02:39 PM

A. I don't believe it
B. I don't believe shit on the onion.

10/6/2010 11:04:03 PM

^^ when will homosexuals think like this???

10/6/2010 11:04:33 PM

pffft...for every young person that doesn't marry, I'll get married three times /maddox

[Edited on October 6, 2010 at 11:06 PM. Reason : .]

10/6/2010 11:05:55 PM

im so proud, i made it to 32 without a wife or kids.

the perpetual awesome makes up for the occasional lonely

10/6/2010 11:06:21 PM

Most do. However, until it is legally possible to receive all the same legal protections (i.e. hospital visitation, inheritance, etc.) they'll still want the piece of paper.

Marriage available to all legally able to consent adults or to none I say. I'd like to see marriage reduced to a mere religious formality which carries no legal weight personally, but it's pretty firmly entrenched in society as a means of forming a family unit, so that seems unlikely.

10/6/2010 11:08:07 PM

i want to get married some day


but right now i would just settle for having a boyfriend

[Edited on October 7, 2010 at 12:34 AM. Reason : had to clarify that]

10/7/2010 12:32:26 AM

I would have thought it to be higher in this economy, with the likelihood one would be out of work, or underemployed, and one would have better access to better benefits.

Although, for those going back to school, and underemployed/unemployed, grants offset the benefits, and make staying "single" the financially stronger choice.

10/7/2010 12:35:52 AM

i'm almost in my mid 30s so i've seen many of my friends get married through the years. one thing is for sure, the younger you get married the less likely it's going to last.

10/7/2010 12:52:52 AM

lol at q-fred's maddox quote.

10/7/2010 12:55:58 AM

many more youth witnessed divorce in our generation

10/7/2010 1:15:30 AM

The cost of a wedding is a large financial "barrier to entry" to marriage. And if you try to do a low key/small wedding with few guests, you risk pissing off people in the respective families.

10/7/2010 1:22:44 AM

Quote :

"A. I don't believe it"

10/7/2010 7:49:54 AM

i like being married

then again, it's been less than a month, so...

10/7/2010 7:51:00 AM

i also want to throw in that i'm pretty sure i know more single moms/dads with kids than i know couples with kids

(our age, in the 35 and younger bracket)

10/7/2010 8:01:16 AM

running to the court house was so easy: married in 10 min in front of 2-3 friends, at the oxford for a round of drinks (they gave us free champagne btw), off to the Dominican early in the AM

total cost: marriage application + if you bought a new outfit

10/7/2010 8:06:57 AM

Wow. With divorce rates, people waiting until their 50s to get married, and the Sunset Squad death robots I guess there will be fewer and fewer people that will make it to their 50th wedding anniversaries.

10/7/2010 8:22:54 AM

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"The cost of a wedding is a large financial "barrier to entry" to marriage. And if you try to do a low key/small wedding with few guests, you risk pissing off people in the respective families."

Fuck that, just live.

At my wedding it was just our parents, 1 guy we made friends with on the flight to there, 1 girl we made friends with in the hotel we were staying at, and 1 colleague of my wife (she is from the country where we got married).

We invited everybody, but we held the wedding on a far and remote island (Mauritius) .

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While I was typing the above, my wife asked what I was responding to. When I told her, she immediately said "oh man tell them to get married in Mauritius", and the 2nd thing she said was:

Tell them not to get married, you argue, the sex decreases... it is better just to date

10/7/2010 8:28:24 AM

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"many more youth witnessed divorce in our generation"

yep. and solely from people I have met, it's nearly impossible to tell if this experience will lead to an apathetic attitude towards marriage (and a greater likelihood of getting divorced) or a more powerful motivation to make things work in a marriage. Obviously few people go into a marriage thinking "if it doesn't work, I'll just call up a lawyer right quick and control-z this mess", but some people from broken homes will either resort to divorce immediately because the have been through it as a child or make themselves miserable to avoid it for the same reason.

10/7/2010 8:30:48 AM

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"The cost of a wedding is a large financial "barrier to entry" to marriage. And if you try to do a low key/small wedding with few guests, you risk pissing off people in the respective families."

Of course, you could just have the balls to not care if you piss off the respective families.

10/7/2010 8:32:23 AM

why buy the cow when you get the milk for free.

10/7/2010 8:38:37 AM

I want to get married, and the reason I haven't done so yet is b/c I haven't found the right person. I haven't "not" gotten married for fear of a divorce; though with the high percentage of divorces these days it does make me treat relationships more seriously before thinking about any life-long committment.

10/7/2010 8:49:22 AM

Unfortunately, as we get older, the available dating pool becomes saturated with single parents and eccentric weirdos.

10/7/2010 9:02:01 AM

I ain't getting married again...about to hit 40, and I just don't have the energy to deal with that shit anymore.

10/7/2010 9:11:35 AM

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"I want to get married, and the reason I haven't done so yet is b/c I haven't found the right person. I haven't "not" gotten married for fear of a divorce; though with the high percentage of divorces these days it does make me treat relationships more seriously before thinking about any life-long committment. "

This is pretty much where I stand at least most days... the other days I stick to the marriage is for suckers philosophy.

10/7/2010 9:22:19 AM

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"^^ when will homosexuals think like this???"

when bigots stop thinking like you



oh, wait

10/7/2010 9:23:08 AM

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"Unfortunately, as we get older, the available dating pool becomes saturated with single parents and eccentric weirdos."

QFT

10/7/2010 11:36:24 AM

Quote :

"Unfortunately, as we get older, the available dating pool becomes saturated with single parents and eccentric weirdos"

hmm but you're not one of the eccentric weirdos

10/7/2010 11:37:46 AM

Premarital sex is the best sex anyways from what I hear.

10/7/2010 12:01:35 PM

i think it would be fun to get married one day i just need to get the minor details worked out so i am more desirable to women like having a job, a car and not smoking crack on a regular basis (big issue w/my last gf what a bitch amirite?)

10/7/2010 12:04:03 PM

LOL

Quote :

"New David Simon Project To Investigate Happy, Upper-Middle-Class Streets Of Wilmette, IL"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-david-simon-project-to-investigate-happy-upper,17426/

10/7/2010 12:11:53 PM

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"Unfortunately, as we get older, the available dating pool becomes saturated with single parents and eccentric weirdos"

major dealbreaker right there.

10/7/2010 12:12:11 PM

Try finding a single woman over 30 who isn't a mom or in the early stages of cat-hoarding.

10/7/2010 3:29:07 PM

Why buy the cow when you can have the milk for free?

[Edited on October 7, 2010 at 3:38 PM. Reason : ^ my GF is 37, no kids and no cats]

10/7/2010 3:37:39 PM

also you guys live in...raleigh

i mean maybe it's not their problem so much as yours.

10/7/2010 4:18:15 PM

^^ and she's not single, is she? ohhhhhhhhhhh

[Edited on October 7, 2010 at 4:59 PM. Reason : ]

10/7/2010 4:59:25 PM

^^huh? Raleigh is rated every year one of the best places for singles.

10/7/2010 6:10:35 PM

i've always hated the term "singles".....but not as much as "hubby"

10/7/2010 6:14:58 PM

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"Tell them not to get married"

did this crack anyone else up?

I mean it's OEPII1's wife wishing she didn't get married. LOL.

10/7/2010 6:36:35 PM

yeah she has a good sense of humor to be able to joke like that. good catch 0110101P1

10/7/2010 6:40:47 PM

probably wont ever get married but in the off chance i do id just drive down to wrightsville beach, have the wedding at the end of johnny mercer pier and get a ship captain to do the vows

10/7/2010 6:45:54 PM

fuck the cat haters.

i have cats AND a boyfriend....MADNESS.

10/8/2010 2:15:15 AM

a lot of cat ladies do at first... then he leaves and its just the cats.

10/8/2010 4:07:49 AM

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"B. I don't believe shit on the onion."

Nothin' gets past you, bossman

10/8/2010 7:29:50 AM