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Why More Men Than Ever View Marriage as a Bad Deal
PJ Media ^ | 03/09/2018 | John Hawkins

Posted on 03/10/2018 7:18:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: BJ1

Re-criminalize adultery and get rid of no-fault divorce. That and reducing or eliminating welfare would ensure that marriage once again becomes more like the covenant that it was meant to be.


161 posted on 03/11/2018 1:14:15 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: gaijin

>>the long-term impact on fertility will be absolutely devastating.

That was always the goal. Kill of the West.


162 posted on 03/11/2018 1:18:00 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Adder

In concocting a war on men, so called feminists failed to consider men might just withdraw from the battlefield and leave them nothing.


163 posted on 03/11/2018 1:53:46 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Secret Agent Man

I am 67 years old. I got married 36 years ago to the greatest woman alive. I don’t know what I would do without her. If I had my way I would be married to her for 136 years. I am the lucky one. We have 3 of the greatest children. I have been blessed beyond my widest dreams.


164 posted on 03/11/2018 3:03:30 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter (proawakileftist)
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To: umgud

Made me chuckle.....dry


165 posted on 03/11/2018 3:17:06 AM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I hear your pain and agree with much of the dilemma you elucidate

But that 93-96 percent is wrong

First marriages fail around a third

Was up to 40 thirty years ago but has declined

I think mostly cause now mostly only serious folks bother to marry given our immorality pervasiveness


166 posted on 03/11/2018 3:21:15 AM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: cherry

When you can’t argue with the facts make personal attacks. Real nice.


167 posted on 03/11/2018 3:35:26 AM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
93-96% of first marriages end in divorce within 10 years.

That's a bogus "statistic".

THe CDC says that 50% of first marriages for women end in divorce after 20 years, and 30% of first marriages for men end in divorce after 10 years.

Not the same at all.

168 posted on 03/11/2018 4:54:13 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Big reason: there is a deliberate movement to take jobs from men and give them to women. Take away a man’s job, and you deny his manhood. A man needs to be the strong provider.


169 posted on 03/11/2018 5:06:46 AM PDT by I want the USA back (There are two sexes: male (pronoun HE), and female (pronoun SHE). Denial of this is insanity.)
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To: cazmandeuce
I will be married 30 years this April. This is crap. I guess we are all smarter than the One behind the words in the scriptures....

Why don’t you tell us how to lead a woman that refuses to follow?

170 posted on 03/11/2018 5:08:15 AM PDT by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: gaijin
Traditionally..? A failed scam meant some personal rejection and a little embarrassment.

Scam?!

Are you talking about a failed pass?

Regards,

171 posted on 03/11/2018 5:21:41 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: dr_lew
I’m too old to take a stand on this, I guess, but I got married in 1972, at the height of the “hippie days”, and we were a hippie couple for sure. I don’t want to go into detail, as it gets kind of personal, but we got married, stayed married, had kids, had grandkids, and here we are.

So... what's your point? What is it you wish to contribute to the conversation?

Regards,

172 posted on 03/11/2018 5:23:15 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: papertyger

The problem is not having enough kids..think about it...look around you will see couple with three or more kids get divorced less.. this just from observing...I could be wrong..


173 posted on 03/11/2018 5:26:05 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: montag813
Make sure that GOD and THE WORD OF GOD is at the CENTER of you and your wife’s marriage and lives, and you greatly increase the longevity of that marriage.

Pray tell, how do you “make sure” God is at the center of someone else’s life?

174 posted on 03/11/2018 5:31:44 AM PDT by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: WMarshal
...she was surprised and hurt when I told her that it was her boyfriend’ an/or her family’s responsibility.

Never be surprised by what a woman thinks she “deserves.”

175 posted on 03/11/2018 5:38:40 AM PDT by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“What I am telling you is that there are no guarantees and your sweet, reasonable honey who loves you to death may decide she wants out of the marriage and turn into a monster once she has a lawyer whispering in her ear during the divorce.”

Awesome posting. Keep in mind, at least with US-born women, it’s not just the lawyer, it’s also her siblings (particularly sisters), her friends, her co-workers, and likely others who she knows. The guy never has a chance.

The first step for men who want their marriage to last is to marry into a culture that VALUES MARRIAGE, which means, sadly, a non-US and non-Western culture. Lots of options out there though...


176 posted on 03/11/2018 5:48:21 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: cherry
we KNOW that American males sperm counts are lower and we KNOW that their testosterone levels are lower and we KNOW that Viagra etc are big time drugs...

And the significance of that is...?

177 posted on 03/11/2018 5:50:31 AM PDT by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“In your great-grandparents’ heyday, relationships were more about raising a family and making a living than love.”

Drivel.

The author may say some good things, but starting with that drivel questions his credibility.

Too many people read something or other about “the way it was”, in former times, think they are stating something that is a verifiable fact, and just believe it; and then repeat it themselves, as if it is a given that everyone understands is true.

It’s nonsense.


178 posted on 03/11/2018 5:52:23 AM PDT by Wuli (qu)
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To: Architect of Avalon

This...I lost my two sons, 400k, half my property, and my kayak to a narcissist wife. Young men-screw marriage even to a non narc wife. Kids are wonderful and our reason to be but the wife and courts hold them as implements of extortion......


179 posted on 03/11/2018 5:53:52 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: SeekAndFind
The writer doesn't mention the fact that this generation of women is poisoned and twisted with feminist ideology. They are loudmouthed shrews with weaponized vaginas.

Hell, you look at that reason alone and begin to understand why more of this generation of men are turning to dolls to satisfy their sexual desires. Dolls won't sue you, ruin you, manipulate you, or stalk you.

I am so blessed to be married to a godly woman of noble character. This generation is lost.

180 posted on 03/11/2018 5:54:33 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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