[Mamzelle]

I wonder how many eligible men between the ages of 25-35 would answer, "Do you want your wife to stay home, keep house, and raise your children?" in the affirmative? I don't see that. Most of them want a wife, if they want to marry at all, who'll raise their mutual standard of living. And a lot of men want a DINK arrangement. Of course, don't expect them to get the Operation...

[sgtbono2002]

Mamzelle you have been dating the wrong men.

[grey_whiskers]

I'll reply later.

Lasagne calls!

[grey_whiskers]

I wonder how many eligible men between the ages of 25-35 would answer, "Do you want your wife to stay home, keep house, and raise your children?" in the affirmative? I don't see that. Most of them want a wife, if they want to marry at all, who'll raise their mutual standard of living.

That's a good point; but it's a loaded question by zeroing in on eligible men. The men who did want a wife got snapped up. OK, some of them get chewed up and/or spit out later, but you are acting like the ones who are single are the only men in existence. :-)

Most of them want a wife, if they want to marry at all, who'll raise their mutual standard of living. And a lot of men want a DINK arrangement.

I mentioned this already in an earlier post...young couples have to compete against managerial / MBA dinks, people living beyond their means on credit, inflated housing prices, and high taxes.

This is not the "family friendly" economic situation which was around 50 or 60 year ago.

But on the other hand, the change from back then is a *societal* change; so perhaps society ought to steer back towards that direction for awhile.

Cheers!