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In reply to the discussion: Why are men choosing not to marry anymore? [View all]seattle15
(45 posts)25. Great point
I would never choose to marry, and I don't have any female friends that would choose that bad path either.
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wow-how utterly hilarious. you admit that there are too many assholes amoung your gender, but
niyad
Nov 2013
#262
I love the challenge a long term relationship brings. It makes me reflect on my behaviors and helps
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#6
Because more women are choosing not to marry. Because women don't need to be married
Squinch
Nov 2013
#7
Some men don't want to grow up. And if women are going back to "being taken care of"...
haele
Nov 2013
#8
I can understand that argument completely, although I have three children myself
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2013
#81
my husband's friend just got married. They both have good paying stable jobs. My husband and I were
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#29
All of these factors are influencing some portion of the young population.
Dawson Leery
Nov 2013
#18
My 18 yr old daughter plans on marrying. She has watched her father and me over the years and
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#19
Freedom from sometimes unreasonable entanglements in an irrational world. Additionally,
RKP5637
Nov 2013
#12
Family history in the 19th century reveals a number of bachelor uncles and maiden aunts
FarCenter
Nov 2013
#86
It's actually a good question why the biggest issues of LGBT activism are
Jesus Malverde
Nov 2013
#96
I think that's buying into the "children as a rationale for marriage" a bit too much.
MNBrewer
Nov 2013
#244
I see marriage mostly as an institution to provide security to children
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Nov 2013
#17
My husband was 20 and I was 18 when we got married and had our first child. We were dirt poor.
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#26
You made a very thoughtful decision and will likely have a long, happy marriage because of it.
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#31
Typically, if you die without a will, half the estate goes to the spouse and half to the children.
FarCenter
Nov 2013
#222
that is not true for everyone. I know lots of couples who get married but chose not to have
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#40
really? and they call women sluts if they have sex out of marriage. really? nt
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#90
Some people come into marriage lying. I don't understand that type, whether
bluestate10
Nov 2013
#64
I doubt they were lying, it is just that a lot of people do not understand love.
Drahthaardogs
Nov 2013
#119
I think it was manipulation and active desire to hurt me. And lying.
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2013
#142
I choose to focus on business. I wouldn't be able to spend the time with her
bluestate10
Nov 2013
#60
Given gender rates at university, I think less women are finding elegible mates eom
TransitJohn
Nov 2013
#76
A lot of men choose not to marry any more because the divorce laws are so unfair against them. nt
aaaaaa5a
Nov 2013
#79
have they changed? No. I know two women who pay alimony, so that's nonsense.
bettyellen
Nov 2013
#103
You have to be incredibly biased to not realize the issues men face in family court.
aaaaaa5a
Nov 2013
#117
Women pay child support in Texas, and Texas doesn't have "alimony".
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2013
#269
Because they are less able to take care of a family financially than previous generations.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#87
interesting of the three close friends I know of well enough to have heard the stories
bettyellen
Nov 2013
#102
lol, living a loser life and blaming it on women. hmmmm, lol. no surprise there. really? wow.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#99
men arent getting educated, getting jobs, marrying and being fathers cause they are anti women
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#121
uh... you might want to actually fuckin READ the post i responded to. for fuck sake.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#124
ah... so you finally get how FAILED your argument is and now you back pedal to....????
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#128
you fail in argument three or more posts, and now you are saying you did not respond
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#131
thank you nc for actually addressing the words i use. i appreciate it more than you know. nt
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#225
didnt you watch the google video when tehy put in feminist should... die, be killed? put in women
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#224
i see. gotcha. thank you for clarification. would be interesting to know the numbers.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#249
Maybe young people (men and women) are not rushing marriage because they are better educated,
redgreenandblue
Nov 2013
#104
If we were working less hours, I would say "good". However, that is not true.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#156
Work schedule precluded it when it was most likely for me; Then bachelor inertia took over
Populist_Prole
Nov 2013
#107
Yes, that is true, but I would refuse to marry if only out of fear of "growing old alone."
Proles
Nov 2013
#259
I think the reason a lot of women choose not to marry these days (or remarry) is
raccoon
Nov 2013
#122
If your man expects to be "waited on, placated, and catered to" then he's a lazy jerk!
Dash87
Nov 2013
#215
I'm in my late 20's and I have yet to meet a woman I can date for a few months months, let alone...
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2013
#138
ah, clever woman. he was insulting you too. he was just using me to insult all of us. brilliant.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#172
you do not? then tell me what he was talking about the reason men are not marrying in that SUBTHREAD
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#174
I don't have to prove anything to you. An 0-6 jury verdict puts the burden of proof on you. nt
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#175
lmfao.... he insults all women and for whatever reason, you think you are insulated. as if really,
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#176
Who, precisely, is your "oppressor" today? I really couldn't get anything else
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#178
you made the statement he was not insulting anyone. yet you do not feel any need to clarify the
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#179
The 0-6 jury on the alert means I don't have to clarify anything. Who on this board
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#182
no misnathrope. the fact you have no argument and this man insulted me and women in
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#183
ok msanthrope. allow flvegan to insult all women without speaking out. you make his "good"
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#186
He didn't insult anyone...it is you and grasswire who were rude. And the fact that you apparently
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#192
you squirmed a whole lot, but i guess you wiggled yourself into what you can comfortably call an
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#193
back to this. so basically you are saying it is in my "tone". i was not "nice enough" addressing
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#195
yes. i get it. the good woman shall not be offensive when addressing the offensive.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#198
No...no one should post bullshit from a blogger at Pajamas Media on a Democratic
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#199
well, once again, you make assumptions to create an argument. not the way to go woman. now....
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#200
Pajamas Media bloggers are acceptable sources on gender conflict? You are the one who
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#203
apologize for what? not having posted that dribble. fuck, you are funny. lol.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#204
No..good DUers shouldn't insult other DUers by using Pajamas Media for their sources
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#201
the only insults toward duers are coming my way. i snarked at an offensive anti woman post. you
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#202
You and grasswire used an inappropriate winger source to argue gender politics.
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#206
no. grasswire made a post. and i called it out. that simple. then the other poster jumped in
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#207
Of course it isn't persuasive. Just the facts. No assumption, false accusation or insults.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#214
then you clarify his statement. what is he saying? the subthread is why men are not marrying.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#181
What floors me...I mean really floors me...is the lack of picked up social cues. If
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#188
kinda like flvegan rudely insulting me and crying victim of women like me.... bah hahahah. you are
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#191
It is you...and whomever alerted...who cried 'victim.' And no one has insulted
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#194
what would the compelling argument be jeff? cause you are playing awfully subtle here, but really,
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#171
The belief that all women's problems can be externalized onto men is a turnoff.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2013
#217
ah, so addressing an anti woman org is being anti man. gotcha. we will disagree with the rest of
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#226
thought. a black calling those in KKK losers, a gay calling those in westboro losers.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#251
Women are to men what blacks are to whites. Or, women are to men's hate groups what blacks
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#258
what are you saying? that i am the reason men arent marrying? i represent all women, and this is
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#170
and the blatant misrepresentation by pulling out a couple words in a whole sentence. amazing.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#228
If your premise is true, could it be that fewer women are demanding marriage?
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2013
#159
Twerking. Iphones. Video Games. Bisphenol-A. Not enough Jesus. Porn! Post-Modernism.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#168
Another factor: the decline of religion's stranglehold on these matters.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#250