I think there's pretty good data showing that marriage rates have fallen, birth rates have fallen, the amount of sex people are having has fallen, the average age of marriage has been getting later. That does suggest there's a real decline, though surely there are special and more extreme dynamics most likely in some of these coastal cities.
I think there's pretty good data showing that marriage rates have fallen, birth rates have fallen, the amount of sex people are having has fallen, the average age of marriage has been getting later. That does suggest there's a real decline, though surely there are special and more extreme dynamics most likely in some of these coastal cities.
I agree that it is so across society (speaking as a late-Millennial lifelong small-town resident who moved far from home). Even thriving rural regions are by definition sparsely populated, which means few eligible bachelorettes in person or online, so itтАЩs not unusual to average 2 or fewer (first) dates a year. Compounding that, many of my unattached, over-25 female acquaintances seem more focused on educational or professional advancement than on dating.
I think many of us simply didnтАЩt тАЬlearn how to dateтАЭ or conduct relationships until later in life. Maybe we didnтАЩt have good role models; have shied away due to experiencing dysfunction or trauma; had no outside pressure or encouragement toward marriage; and/or romantic opportunities have just been scarce in the first place (see above about rural regions).
I hope I donтАЩt come across as making excuses; much of this has been long-overdue self-improvement. Thanks Mr. Renn, and blessings to all!
PS using the term тАЬco-parentтАЭ for a spouse is a red flag roughly the size of GreenlandтАж
I think there's pretty good data showing that marriage rates have fallen, birth rates have fallen, the amount of sex people are having has fallen, the average age of marriage has been getting later. That does suggest there's a real decline, though surely there are special and more extreme dynamics most likely in some of these coastal cities.
I agree that it is so across society (speaking as a late-Millennial lifelong small-town resident who moved far from home). Even thriving rural regions are by definition sparsely populated, which means few eligible bachelorettes in person or online, so itтАЩs not unusual to average 2 or fewer (first) dates a year. Compounding that, many of my unattached, over-25 female acquaintances seem more focused on educational or professional advancement than on dating.
I think many of us simply didnтАЩt тАЬlearn how to dateтАЭ or conduct relationships until later in life. Maybe we didnтАЩt have good role models; have shied away due to experiencing dysfunction or trauma; had no outside pressure or encouragement toward marriage; and/or romantic opportunities have just been scarce in the first place (see above about rural regions).
I hope I donтАЩt come across as making excuses; much of this has been long-overdue self-improvement. Thanks Mr. Renn, and blessings to all!
PS using the term тАЬco-parentтАЭ for a spouse is a red flag roughly the size of GreenlandтАж