Posted on 11/29/2018 12:54:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Because we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t. Most men WANT a woman with a good paying job, which means a career. It takes the pressure off of them to provide all of the income. Apparently, some men on here are of an older generation who were willing/able to be the sole breadwinner. With a few exceptions, that’s not “doable” anymore.
I’m 51, single, never married, never wanted to be a mother and I am happy too. Oh well.
No, not jealousy-just the age old discrimination against women for “getting old”, which leads a good many men to cheat on their wives...
True. I think some posters here forget that marriage was almost mandatory in earlier generations. Now that people have a choice (especially women), things have changed. There have always been “lifelong bachelors” and “spinster aunts”.
Agree. Both my Grandparents had 9 and 10 children respectively and died MARRIED.
Mrs. Chandler’s maternal Grandparents were devout Catholics who had 14 children and died married.
I know, but I wonder if the stats are old and have not kept up with the doings of the older baby boomers? I have only started seeing this phenomenon about three years ago.
What I have found is that a job is only 40 hours a week, but a marriage is 24/7. Even the bedroom is the office. And the living room. And the car. And the kitchen, oh boy, the kitchen. And the laundry. A married woman is at the office every single minute of the night and day.
Prov 30:15b There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”:
16 The grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”
I was talking about averages. I'm glad you found somebody to make you happy.
Singleness isn’t necessarily a bad choice for every woman. I met one a few years ago where I get my car worked on. I asked her if she was married; she indicated that she was happily single. She looked to be at least my age (which was upper 40s at the time).
Crying babies can drive me crazy. INNOCENT BABIES!!! So it’s quite possibly good that I am still single, and should either remain single or enter into a childless marriage.
Better reply is, “Certainly I can handle somebody your age, but I am actually ATTRACTED to [your wife’s name].” JM2C.
I'm the eldest of seven. My mom had all of us in a span of ten years. Because of that, I was well acclimated to the sounds and busy-ness of a house full of kids at a very young age.
Perhaps that's one reason I wound up with six kids myself. From the time I was little, I just thought that was the right and proper way to live.
Babies don't cry forever. They quickly grow into darling children. The bonds you build with them are like no other relationships you can have, and are for life.
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