Just wait until you see how many of us can't afford houses and will be destitute at 60
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A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married
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#142There are a variety of reasons this is happening. Most of which are political suicide to bring up. Se lets all enjoy the descent into a 3rd world state. If you wanna actually find yourself in a relationship, do what I did and travel to other countries. Contrary to the mainstream narrative perpetuated by american propaganda, most women outside america aren't "poor and uneducated and looking for a passport."
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why does OP's idea of success have any affect on you living out your idea of success? If you want to stay in your town with your family and friends have at it. If OP wants to make $10 million, then more power to him. He will probably provide jobs to support a dozen people living out your version of success. For everyone to work, there have to be people that want to build and achieve great financial wealth because tho…
Because our society is interdependent. In the case of housing, there has been a growing trend over the past decades of owning more than one home. In that case, to do that you undoubtedly affect people who just want to have a family and comfortable life socializing in their community because you force the price of houses to go up and house stock to become limited, which also forces people to rent ... And to make your…
Yes. The other thing these individuals don’t realize is that my idea of success also affects them. If I don’t think buying a big house is my idea of success, and if a lot of us think the same thing, then their big house that they bought is suddenly not worth anything and suddenly they are no longer a success and they have a house that’s underwater.
Yes, everything is interdependent, and the myth of the separate individual is only a capitalist materialistic concept used to pit us against each other.
Re: A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married
#144"Les relations humaines deviennent progressivement impossibles"
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#145Just wait until you see how many of us can't afford houses and will be destitute at 60
marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together.
> marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together.
For many decades, a couple could pool typical wages and meet their basic bills. What I'm see now is it takes 4 typical wages to stay housed, up from 3 last year. Based on the last few months, that hasn't leveled out yet.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together.
> marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together. Marriage is not a requirement for pooling resources.
> Marriage is not a requirement for pooling resources.
A relationship matters if 1 bedroom housing is a necessary part of the plan.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
> marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together. Marriage is not a requirement for pooling resources.
> Marriage is not a requirement for pooling resources. A relationship matters if 1 bedroom housing is a necessary part of the plan.
> A relationship matters if 1 bedroom housing is a necessary part of the plan.
We're talking about marriage, which is a very specific thing with a legal definition.
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Source? I can envision a decent proportion of men, at least myself and a few I know, who would find it preferable to have a redundant source of income in the household. Even if a woman ends up becoming a non income earning partner temporarily or permanently, having one who is capable of earning more can be a desirable trait for multiple reasons.
> Source? Men. You know any? > I can envision a decent proportion of men You can envision it? Anyone can envision anything. > at least myself and a few I know, who would find it preferable to have a redundant source of income in the household. "Myself and a few I know"? Are you a man? Then you should know. What's with the awkward response? > having one who is capable of earning more can be a desirable trait for multi…
There is a third option of a man simply not marrying, and still having access to sex.
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#149I've never met a person of the gender I'm attracted to that would reciprocate the selflessness and empathy that I joyously offer potential partners. I would rather keep my self-respect than settle for someone who won't meet me on my level.
How unfortunate. As a dating tip for the future, you may find some valuable insight from the r/niceguys forum on Reddit.
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#150What a shame. I know I got lucky with a great wife. Going to share my story, I'm sorry how it comes off. If I was better at writing, I'm sure I could sound humble or something. I also did not censor anything controversial, I hope this can give my single people in their 30s and 40s some ideas. Although admittedly the dating market was different. On growing as a person: My wife really liked one of the homework assignme…
"with only 2 deal breakers(overweight[self control] or bought Apple products[intelligence])." For me, it was tabs vs. spaces. I mean, come on.
I lol'd.