Posted on 03/23/2019 3:04:37 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
Lonely millennials, you are not alone!
A new survey found that over half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 do not have a romantic partner.
In spite of the recent rise of dating apps, more young people than ever remain single, according to data released by the General Social Survey from researchers at the University of Chicago.
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it doesn’t mean they are not having sex.
it means they don’t have a romantic partner.
Some us just gave up looking
Depends a lot on the area. By the time I was 19 I had my first house, bought entirely with my own (earned) money, plus the good advice of parents who urged me to invest in real estate. You can buy a pretty decent house for peanuts at a tax sale -- just not in a major city. Clean it up, patch it up, sell it, buy two more... I've been financially independent and darn comfortable for several years now, and never had a mortgage to pay.
(Thirteen hundred a month, yikes! An owner-financed house can be purchased for far less, if you avoid the big cities and the upscale communities.)
Forgive my off-topic rant :) I always rant when somebody says rent!
Some us just gave up looking
I tell these young guys to go out to a bar
Find some woman that hates your guts
Buy her a house, let her kick you in the nuts
then give her half your pay for twenty years.
There’s a term for that. It’s called a cult.
You must be amazingly fun at parties. So how many cats do you currently have?
The problem is that at least 50% of either sex will now be a mouth frothing raving moonbat, even if they may not be a democrat.
My kids are finding it, too. Very sad.
‘When I was growing up BOTH men and women were looking for commitment and both were VERY OPEN to marriage and family!! I can’t figure out WHY things have changed this drastically but they have!!”
I can tell you why they changed. Sex and the false narrative behind the women empowerment movement. Men have been emasculated by movements like these and as the numbers keep growing, men will have less inclination to marry. It then becomes a game of dating and free sex.
If I was going to marry, and it is to an empowered women, my ideal woman is Sarah Palin. Compare her to the modern empowerment movements and you can see why men don’t want to marry.
‘When I was growing up BOTH men and women were looking for commitment and both were VERY OPEN to marriage and family!! I can’t figure out WHY things have changed this drastically but they have!!”
I can tell you why they changed. Sex and the false narrative behind the women empowerment movement. Men have been emasculated by movements like these and as the numbers keep growing, men will have less inclination to marry. It then becomes a game of dating and free sex.
If I was going to marry, and it is to an empowered women, my ideal woman is Sarah Palin. Compare her to the modern empowerment movements and you can see why men don’t want to marry.
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There is another issue at hand. These up and coming generations have NOT BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO MARRY.
They have not been taught how to choose a mate, date, court, or marry. They have not been taught the how at all.
They have no idea about boundaries and their bodies and their souls.
They are clueless.
That is why I see 34 year old women dating Jamaican disc jockeys, 38 year old women shacking up with unemployed under functioning men, 40 year old women settling for someone who breathes and looking into invitro.
I also see 25 year old men and women who cannot string together a sentence about what they want in life except it is going to be wonderful, like a Disney film
they are half people. Primitive. Unfinished.
I think “self love” is the problem.
I admire cats from a distance. Won’t even let my tenants have them around.
How much glue do you use per airplane model?
So true. They try to channel Marx, whose works they've never read. You can't even discuss what they're chirping about, it only irritates them. Their opinions are actually mere signals.
Yeah, I play at night with my childhood friends who moved to various states. It keeps us in touch.
I have sons close to your age. Gaming (and skype) is how they keep in touch with their friends, too. That seems to be what most guys your age are doing today, even after graduating college, moving out, etc.
And, just so my post is not misunderstood, I want to point out that, imho, keeping in contact with friends that way is a good idea.
okay define “romantic partner”. Then compare that to a NSA or a FWB partner. Many of the elderly practice the later. More are more concerned with just going out with multiple people than being in a monogamous relationship. Courting changes its rules each generation. Courting of the fifties was not the sam in the seventies.
There’s an old saying: why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?
Nasty sayin it tis.
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From the younger people at work I see, many are single because they have not matured yet. They are anywhere from mid 20’s to late 30’s. Yet, they play video games all night, etc. Not mature enough to have a meaningful relationship.
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