Is it really that odd to be in your 30's and never married with no kids? (date, pregnancy)
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I'm a guy, 30 years old and have never been married and zero kids. I decided to put off all that stuff and go back to college about 4 years ago. Is that weird??
I'm a guy, 30 years old and have never been married and zero kids. I decided to put off all that stuff and go back to college about 4 years ago. Is that weird??
No not at all I'm in college at the age of 32. There is a 46 yr old woman in my one college class.
I'm a guy, 30 years old and have never been married and zero kids. I decided to put off all that stuff and go back to college about 4 years ago. Is that weird??
Not for a guy it's not. You could go back to college and travel for 20 years and you'd still be able to get a lady pregnant if you wanted a family.
Actually I think a lot more people are getting married mid to late 30's. Then having kids later. My aunt is 42 with a 5 yr old. While I'm 32 with a 8yr old.
You're quoting anecdotes. The statistics show a clear trend. Only 4% of white males over 60 were never married. 31% now get into their mid 30s without marriage. Sure, some will eventually get married but 27%. I think not!
Besides, many late marriages are by divorced men marrying never married women. Men have a much easier time remarrying. This is probably because they were the target of women seeking relationships when in their 20s and despite the fact that they didn't have what it takes for a successful marriage, they still have what it took to attract women. Additionally, women seem to have a thing about a guy whose been "vetted" and while they may not have learned anything about being a better husband, they ARE better at covering up their deficiencies!
I may not be old enough to remember what things were like before television, but I do remember what they were like before the internet. The same argument you make about TV I could make about the internet, which is that we're bombarded by more and more images of beautiful people with perfect bodies causing the average person to put more of a premium on looks. I reject that argument because, as shallow as people can be, I don't see it really being any worse than it was when I was young. The only real change I see is that people are more candid about their shallowness. I don't have kids, but I'd rather they deal with the world the way it is than try to shelter them from it or wish for "a simpler time."
TV, as it changed American society between 1955 and 1995, has little in common with the internet. Sure, they both have a screen.....but that's about it.
The pressure for women is unbelievable. According to my ticking biological clock I only have 5 more years to decide if I want to have kids, while men in their 50's and 60's are out there still making babies!!!
You're really overstating this. Very few older men have what it takes to attract a younger, fertile woman.
In fact, this is so rare that it is considered news. I imagine that this is why you believe it to be an "epidemic".
Nice to know that I'm a potential bastard, however!
TV, as it changed American society between 1955 and 1995, has little in common with the internet. Sure, they both have a screen.....but that's about it.
Wrong. The comparison makes perfect sense. You're the one saying that TV presents a constant bias against anyone who isn't good looking. You could make the same argument about the internet. Both bombard us with images of attractive people. You sound like one of these cranky old guys wishing for a simpler time. As Archie Bunker sang, those were the days.
I'm 44, my boyfriend is 49 - neither of us married or had kids. We've had lives full of things that people with kids simply never get to experience. We love foreign travel, spontaneous weekend trips, volunteer work, spontaneous sex, having money, having time to garden/read/relax, spontaneous evenings out. We just never found birth control all that tricky.
Not for a guy it's not. You could go back to college and travel for 20 years and you'd still be able to get a lady pregnant if you wanted a family.
You bastards.
hahaa...Anthony Quinn ring a bell???
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