Kurtis636 All American 14984 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Ragged All American 23473 Posts user info edit post |
A. I don't believe it B. I don't believe shit on the onion. 10/6/2010 11:04:03 PM |
ctnz71 All American 7207 Posts user info edit post |
^^ when will homosexuals think like this??? 10/6/2010 11:04:33 PM |
qntmfred retired 40600 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jackleg All American 170957 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Kurtis636 All American 14984 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
LivinProof78 All American 49373 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
arcgreek All American 26690 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
cdub1313 Starting Lineup 73 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
lol at q-fred's maddox quote. 10/7/2010 12:55:58 AM |
fjjackso All American 14538 Posts user info edit post |
many more youth witnessed divorce in our generation 10/7/2010 1:15:30 AM |
arghx Deucefest '04 7584 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
StillFuchsia All American 18941 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "A. I don't believe it" |
10/7/2010 7:49:54 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
i like being married
then again, it's been less than a month, so... 10/7/2010 7:51:00 AM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
ThatGoodLock All American 5697 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jbtilley All American 12796 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
0EPII1 All American 42535 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
aea All Amurican 5269 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
Novicane All American 15414 Posts user info edit post |
why buy the cow when you get the milk for free. 10/7/2010 8:38:37 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43402 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
Unfortunately, as we get older, the available dating pool becomes saturated with single parents and eccentric weirdos. 10/7/2010 9:02:01 AM |
zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "^^ when will homosexuals think like this???" |
when bigots stop thinking like you
oh, wait10/7/2010 9:23:08 AM |
1985 All American 2175 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Unfortunately, as we get older, the available dating pool becomes saturated with single parents and eccentric weirdos." |
QFT10/7/2010 11:36:24 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
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 weirdos10/7/2010 11:37:46 AM |
jokar2694 All American 801 Posts user info edit post |
Premarital sex is the best sex anyways from what I hear. 10/7/2010 12:01:35 PM |
dharney All American 4445 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Nerdchick All American 37009 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
dyne All American 7323 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
djeternal Bee Hugger 62661 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Agent 0 All American 5677 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Shadowrunner All American 18332 Posts user info edit post |
^^ 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 |
TKE-Teg All American 43402 Posts user info edit post |
^^huh? Raleigh is rated every year one of the best places for singles. 10/7/2010 6:10:35 PM |
poopface All American 29367 Posts user info edit post |
i've always hated the term "singles".....but not as much as "hubby" 10/7/2010 6:14:58 PM |
G.O.D hates 4 lokos 4694 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "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 |
Quinn All American 16417 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jataylor All American 6652 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
khcadwal All American 35165 Posts user info edit post |
fuck the cat haters.
i have cats AND a boyfriend....MADNESS. 10/8/2010 2:15:15 AM |
GREEN JAY All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
a lot of cat ladies do at first... then he leaves and its just the cats. 10/8/2010 4:07:49 AM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "B. I don't believe shit on the onion." |
Nothin' gets past you, bossman10/8/2010 7:29:50 AM |