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[Glenn]

As for men, they need "to understand if they meet a good woman, they should marry her and have children with her."

Wow! That sounds so easy!

[friendly]

The problem is that many single women have no real desire to settle down and have children. I have literally heard "I am too selfish to have children." I absolutely love American women: they are funny, beautiful, and engaging. They just are inappropriate as wives.

[jrp]

My question is where are all the rational, intelligent, conservative gals? I sure don't want to marry some liberal bliss ninny who worships Oprah and thinks Bill Clinton was a swell president. Maybe we could clone Ann Coulter :)

[anncoulteriscool]

****As for churches, "They'd be great places if men ever flocked to them," but they don't. *****

****Many people agree, such as the Rev. Brett Fuller, pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Herndon. "I don't know what's wrong with men today," he said in a recent sermon. "Maybe I found the finest woman on the planet [to marry]. But I know there are other daughters of Eve who are worthy of marriage. I don't know what you single men are waiting for. "You waiting for the perfect woman? The right one with the right skin complexion, the right height, the right voice intonation, the right job? When that person comes, God loves that person too much to give her to you. "You better take what you can get," he said to laughter from the congregation. "You're getting too old. Listen: 45-, 50-, 60-year-old single men are strange human beings after a little bit. Yes they are, yes they are. You better hurry up and get on with it."

Gee i wonder why men dont wanna go to church!

[Interesting Times]

About one-third of the total adult population — some 77 million Americans aged 20 and over — are unmarried. Forty-seven million of them (26 million men and 21 million women) have never married.

And that's why we see a never-ending stream of smarmy articles bemoaning the inability of talented, attractive and successful men to find adequate wives, and wondering what deep personality flaws prevent modern women from marrying when men find it convenient.

[Jonathon Spectre]

"I don't know what's wrong with men today," he said in a recent sermon. "Maybe I found the finest woman on the planet [to marry]. But I know there are other daughters of Eve who are worthy of marriage. I don't know what you single men are waiting for. "You waiting for the perfect woman? The right one with the right skin complexion, the right height, the right voice intonation, the right job? When that person comes, God loves that person too much to give her to you.

Let's just summarize this as, I am an insane whack job.

"You better take what you can get," he said to laughter from the congregation. "You're getting too old. Listen: 45-, 50-, 60-year-old single men are strange human beings after a little bit. Yes they are, yes they are. You better hurry up and get on with it."

American men are on a marriage strike.

We've figured out that the court system in this country makes marriage an extremely, extremely dangerous option for men. If your wife, entirely on her own, decides she's tired of the marriage, she will get custody of the kids and 70-80% of your earnings (imputed income!?!). And there is nothing whatsoever the man can do about it.

Nyet!

[usmom]

I agree with this article. My husband and I got married 13 years ago at age 23. No, we hadn't done all the mandated 'single' things to do- establish career, travel, live together, have a 3 year engagement, etc... We were just starting out after college and had faith that we would be successful- together. That is what has made our marriage so rich- memories of lean times and our tiny apartment, our first jobs, house, etc... We did it all together and are the stronger for it. Now no one wants to get married until both partners are established and secure. By then, someone has to dismantle their life and 'sacrifice' to accomadate the other, be it job or moving. When you find the right one, just get on with your lives- TOGETHER.

I saw several of my college friends go through this heartbreak. They were planning to marry their college sweethearts, but felt they had time and wanted to be single. they each figured the other would still be there 5 years later after living their exciting single life and establishing careers. Well, guess what happened. They took jobs in different cities, grew apart and now are still single and regret not marrying those people. Now in their late thirties, their hopes of finding someone and having a family gets dimmer and more desperate every day. All for a few years of single 'fun'.

[WackyKat]

If Ms. Whitehead is mystified by why men don't want to get married, I will clarify the matter for her.
Men are reluctant to marry, or remarry, because they know that they will likely lose at least half, and possibly all, the assets they have accumulated over many years if divorce occurs. They will also lose custody of their children, and will seldom be permitted to see them. Of course, they will still have to pay child support in financially crippling amounts for many years, and are liable to be imprisoned if they fail to pay.
Meantime, the ex-wife is free to marry, or shack up with, her next stud who will then become the children's new "daddy." Physical,emotional, and/or sexual abuse frequently follows.
In some states, the ex-husband will be socked with alimony in addition to the above.
Even if divorce does not occur, the married man is subjected to constant monitoring and control of where he goes, what he does, and who he does it with, and in general, how he lives his life.
For your next book, Ms. Whitehead, try talking to more men and you may solve the riddle of why there are so many single women.

[GhostofWCooper]

As for men, they need "to understand if they meet a good woman, they should marry her and have children with her."

I wrote a concise analysis of the dangers for men in modern marriage, but I really think I should just say,
Yeah, right.

[Sam Cree]

"women need to insist on a new courtship system "that respects a woman's biological and time clocks," she says.

I have a feeling all this insisting is a big part of the problem.

[Brave New World]

'If we are going to have a new kind of woman, we need a new kind of man.' And that's where the glitch is. We don't have that kind of man.

Yes, it would take a "new kind of man" to want to consort with the self-absorbed, male-bashing, airheads with a feminist chip on their shoulders that are the "new kind of women". They made their bed, now they can lie in it.

[Jumpmaster]

Modern woman's idea of Mr. Right seems to be unemployed, cocaine addicted, alcoholic, ex-con, married to somebody else, and beats them up.

[Monitor]

In the meantime, women settle for "relationships" that invariably mean living with men who may not want to marry them, much less help them conceive children. Instead, women need to insist on a new courtship system "that respects a woman's biological and time clocks," she says.

So, women changed. And, the 'relationship' environment was also changed by - you guessed it - women. But now, they've decided that this environment isn't conducive to finding a more permanent mate. Their solution? Insist that their environment change, again!

One problem with that, sisters. I, as part of that environment, happen to like being single. I like not having a girlfriend, and all the stupid mind games that come with one. I like not being married. I like not being divorced. I like not having child support payments, and alimony payments, and house payments for a house I'm no longer legally allowed to live in.

And I'm not changing to suit you.

[Jeff Chandler]

"You better take what you can get,"

Men do that now, and what they can get is all the perks of marriage without all the bothersome responsibilities of commitment-milk, cow, etc..

[Centurion2000]

bump

[rintense]

I wrote a song that basically expresses how I feel about all this. Don't know if I want to post it though. It's pretty dark. Scott Stapp would be proud.

[montag813]

I always found hot women to nail in supermarkets and libraries. Easy and cheap, no $8 drinks.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Somebody help me out here. There used to be a list of goals communists wanted to achieve in America to destroy our culture so as to prepare us to embrace communism. Among that list was the destruction of the family institutions.

And some of you here blame the court system and others for driving away men who otherwise might like to marry.

Hence, my question: Am I the only one who thinks there is a deliberate attempt to destroy the family by destroying the institution of marriage? Welfare did that for the poor, man of whom are black. The Court system and the culture of "do your own thing" are doing that for everyone else.

The author misses the point that destruction of the institution of marriage is a deliberate success by the communists. Or am I deluded?

[DakotaGator]

Nice long article by a woman that ultimately says it's the man's fault.

Here's news for the author: Men are complete in themselves. They do not need women. Women, on the other hand, need men and children to be complete.

Men prefer to have a lifelong partner if she is loving, caring, and supportive. It is up to a woman to convince a man she is suitable.

But that's not the situation in America. We have an entire generation, and are well on the way to a second generation, of women who have been brain-washed into believing they are entitled to everything on demand.

Men don't marry that type of woman...boys do.