Analysis: ‘Record-High’ Share of U.S.
40-Year-Olds Have Never Been Married
Breitbart Health,
by
Katherine Hamilton
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
6/30/2023 4:07:25 PM
A quarter (25 percent) of 40-year-olds in the United States had never been married as of 2021, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
“Marriage has long been a central institution in the lives of Americans. In 1980, just 6 percent of 40-year-olds had never been married. But people born from the 1960s onward have been increasingly delaying marriage, and a growing share are forgoing it altogether,” Pew Research Senior Researcher Richard Fry wrote. The 2021 data “marks a new milestone in that decadeslong trend,” Fry found. (Tweet)
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Griller1 6/30/2023 4:16:18 PM (No. 1503067)
Millennials. They all think they're so entitled to whatever it is they want, that they aren't compatible with anyone.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 6/30/2023 4:25:14 PM (No. 1503074)
I have one friend who is about 60 now...confirmed bachelor. He looked around, and never found anyone that 'clicked', and he spent many years taking care of elderly parents which took up much of his time.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Californian 6/30/2023 4:38:18 PM (No. 1503080)
Because marriage is a really bad deal for men today. Divorce is extremely tilted in women's favor, men get basically nothing out of marriage but huge financial risk and losing their kids.
When I ask younger men why they're about to get married they invariably say, "because I love her". I respond, "you don't love her now? You will stop loving her if you marry?" Crickets.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Quigley 6/30/2023 5:00:04 PM (No. 1503091)
I do think that the constant attacks on men - the patriarchy - are taking a toll. And the vehement assertion that females have the absolute right to kill the foetus surely must make men feel disengaged from the pregnancy process. And then there’s the general assertion that men have treated women so badly always and everywhere.
I think the fact is that historically everyone has been treated badly by just about everyone. But small minds need someone to blame for everything that goes wrong in their lives.
I was sitting next to a woman at Starbucks once. She said she had been in the telecom business, as had I, so we talked. She excitedly said what a man’s world the industry had been and how tough it was being a female in it. Three sentences later she was telling me how one customer just gave her an order from time to time just because he liked her. I never was just given an order. I thought the industry was tough and competitive as hell, and i never felt like being in the patriarchy gave me a pass from being beat up on.
As long as we have victim politics we need lots of victims- and scape goats. It has a sociological effect.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
msjena 6/30/2023 5:09:08 PM (No. 1503096)
Marriage, or more accurately, divorce can be a bad deal for women, too, if they work. A husband who has fewer retirement assets than his wife can claim on hers. He can claim joint custody to avoid or lower child support and then not do his fair share. There is no penalty for infidelity or abuse.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 6/30/2023 5:12:09 PM (No. 1503097)
Now you know why some of the Democrat programs are targeted to a certain demographic.
Particularly towards single woman, who they feel will need help and assistance with some program or another to make their life a little bit easier.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/30/2023 5:34:37 PM (No. 1503122)
Narcissists seldom have good judgment...they are looking for a like partner and when they find one they can't stand them.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/30/2023 5:35:41 PM (No. 1503124)
Or as the saying goes, 'why buy a cow when one can get the milk for free'.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 6/30/2023 6:57:39 PM (No. 1503177)
Re #4.
In addition, all of the advertisements are geared to making men “effeminate” or weak. This view is so pervasive that even my close friends (Bible believing Christians, and others in happy marriages) disparage men and parrot ads and talking points.
Makes me sad.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Newtsche 6/30/2023 7:13:19 PM (No. 1503185)
This is a seismic cultural shift, rampant sociopathy.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Miss T 6/30/2023 7:29:03 PM (No. 1503199)
Divorce can be a bad deal for everyone concerned. The combined income and assets of two adults that once supported one household must be divided somehow to support two households.
The no-fault divorce laws that started in the '60s set the stage to diminish the stigma surrounding adultery and abuse. It was not a good development, because adultery usually involves using marital assets to the detriment of the marriage.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/30/2023 7:40:13 PM (No. 1503201)
How many own cats?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LadyVet 6/30/2023 8:03:09 PM (No. 1503212)
So many people seem to have no serious purpose in life. They live a life of fun and frivolity without taking on any responsibility. Then they wake up one day and they are too old to have kids and too set in their ways, unaccustomed to schedules and unprepared to suddenly have responsibility. That's won't keep them from coming for YOUR kids, showing up at your house on Thanksgiving expecting a home cooked meal in exchange for a bottle of wine, and bearing extravagant gifts at Christmas to wow the kids and be the center of attention for a few days, designating themselves as the favorite uncle or aunt. Of course, they want to let you know that they are enlightened and would not live anywhere abortion was not readily available, as if that was not a moot point for them.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
formerNYer 6/30/2023 8:27:20 PM (No. 1503223)
Hmmm, interesting. Many of my friends' children are in the 35-45 age bracket, most of them are married and have children. As a matter of fact I can only think of a few that are single.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Kate318 6/30/2023 9:56:38 PM (No. 1503278)
Young women today are either feral or insane, sometimes both. The young men simply aren’t interested.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
FourMom 6/30/2023 11:19:28 PM (No. 1503301)
Let's not forget that the income tax code penalizes 2-income couples for marrying.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 7/1/2023 7:48:10 AM (No. 1503419)
These are the people who think the world will end when they die. Or might as well for all they care.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
red1066 7/1/2023 8:43:49 AM (No. 1503453)
#2 I have a cousin who just turned 70 who has never married. Again, he just never met anyone who he wanted to marry.
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In my family, when I look at all of the men....mostly 50s and older.....the majority have never been married.
As for me, Nov 18th will make 50 years with my wife. Guess I am the anomaly.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
pensom2 7/2/2023 1:48:39 AM (No. 1503943)
Many young people in this age demographic came from broken families. Grew up with parents divorcing or fighting, etc. Young men from these backgrounds, many of whom would like to marry, are scared to death of repeating their parents' mistakes. They think they can wait for perfection in a spouse, as a guarantee they won't go through a divorce.
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