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For the younger generations, true heterosexual love is pretty much dead. I can imagine future generations to come becoming used to singleness and not wanting to get married. Relationships are gonna be hard for people born after 1985, thanks to all this matriarchy.
After all, modern people are genetically prone to divorce than ever before. And we all know the causes behind the alarming divorce rates.
You think the single and divorce population will outnumber the married population soon, at least in the matriarchy USA?
From what I've read, the divorce rate has been declining for some time now.
I think that's because many haven't been able to divorce officially for quite a few years now... The housing crisis and the unemployment are major obstacles.
I think that's because many haven't been able to divorce officially for quite a few years now... The housing crisis and the unemployment are major obstacles.
Possibly. I think it's partly attributable to the fact that people are waiting to marry. People who marry younger have a higher risk of divorce, so the fact that people are waiting to marry seems like it could only be good.
From what I've read, the divorce rate has been declining for some time now.
Between 2000 and 2009, the share of young adults ages 25 to 34 who are married dropped 10 percentage points, from 55 percent to 45 percent, according to ACS data.1 During the same period, the percentage who have never been married increased sharply, from 34 percent to 46 percent. In a dramatic reversal, the proportion of young adults in the United States who have never been married.
According to Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007, released by the U.S. Census Bureau in November, 2009, there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 21.8 million children (approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today).
As for the OP's direct question - this info is from Canada, but the site also has info and divorce rates of each of the United States.
Here's a sampling of some of the most recently available statistics on marriage and divorce in Canada:
About 48.5% of the adult population in Canada was married in 2006 (as opposed to single, separated, divorced, widowed or living in common law). This is the first known time in Canadian history that the percentage was under half; according to CanWest News Service, the figure was 50.1% in 2001 and more than 60% during the 1980s.
The number of marriages in the country was 149,236 in 2006 -- down nearly 2,000 from the previous year, but up from 148,585 in 2004.
In 2006, there were 1,629,490 divorced Canadians -- or about 5% of the population. 941,306 (well over half) of the divorcees were female.
As of 2006, there were 1,414,060 single-parent families in Canada -- or approximately 15.9% of all families. Of the lone-parent families, 1,132,290 were headed by the mother. In 1971, the number was approximately 476,300
I don't subscribe to this theory. The older you get, the more set in your ways you are and the less willing to adapt, adjust, and compromise.
Hmm, you do have a point. Maybe there's a golden window between too young/too immature and too old/too set in your ways?
In any case, I believe the unmarried population already exceeds the married population, but I don't know if the elderly/widowed and underage skew the numbers.
For the younger generations, true heterosexual love is pretty much dead. I can imagine future generations to come becoming used to singleness and not wanting to get married. Relationships are gonna be hard for people born after 1985, thanks to all this matriarchy.
After all, modern people are genetically prone to divorce than ever before. And we all know the causes behind the alarming divorce rates.
You think the single and divorce population will outnumber the married population soon, at least in the matriarchy USA?
Possibly. I think it's partly attributable to the fact that people are waiting to marry. People who marry younger have a higher risk of divorce, so the fact that people are waiting to marry seems like it could only be good.
I agree... but I think you mean like late 20's and early 30's which is what my two boys have done. AND they both told me that they waited so long due to not really finding the right woman, for they both plan on staying married. Many of my students have said the same thing due to being children of divorced parents. I think that we will see in the future more people being single due to choice, marrying later in life (but NOT old enough to be set in their ways, and less divorces of those who do marry due to what these adults have experienced growing up.
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