Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
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Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#2How many of these never-married men are in a relationship? Unmarried != single. Stats on the number of singles who have never been in a relationship would be far more valuable.
Relationships, sexual or otherwise, are not subject to paperwork. The days of relationships, sex, or even reproduction being tied to marriage are long gone.
Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#3> As marriage becomes less popular among younger generations, Seattle men have hit a milestone of singledom: For the first time, half of the men living in the city have never been married.
How can this logical fallacy pass through editorialising? As marriage becomes less popular, for the same number of couples, you will have fewer marriages but not more singles.
Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#4I do want to point out that never-married by looking at legal paperwork is a blunt instrument. There are reasons, especially for dual high earners, to not get a marriage license. Examples of tax-related things that don’t double when married;
-Income tax brackets above about $200k
-SALT cap
-Mortgage interest deduction
-HSA contributions (if have children)
-Dependent care FSA contributions
Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#5So, by "men", they mean 15 or older. Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.
Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#6> As marriage becomes less popular among younger generations, Seattle men have hit a milestone of singledom: For the first time, half of the men living in the city have never been married. How can this logical fallacy pass through editorialising? As marriage becomes less popular, for the same number of couples, you will have fewer marriages but not more singles.
Can you explain the fallacy in more detail? It doesn't seem like a leap that if marriage is less popular, a larger percentage of the population is single.
Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#7How many of these never-married men are in a relationship? Unmarried != single. Stats on the number of singles who have never been in a relationship would be far more valuable. Relationships, sexual or otherwise, are not subject to paperwork. The days of relationships, sex, or even reproduction being tied to marriage are long gone.
The article mentions that widows impact the count for single women, so yes I think it is speaking about single people who have never been married, even if they did have a relationship of some kind in the past.
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Re: Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows
#9How many of these never-married men are in a relationship? Unmarried != single. Stats on the number of singles who have never been in a relationship would be far more valuable. Relationships, sexual or otherwise, are not subject to paperwork. The days of relationships, sex, or even reproduction being tied to marriage are long gone.
Anecdotal but my friends don’t try at all anymore or they don’t put in any effort and pretend that’s not their problem (read: you need to shower daily).
It’s stupid because the combination of singles mixers, tinder, and community events make it very easy to find a partner (keeping them is another story) but nobody wants to try. I’m of the opinion that porn has sapped their will to find women, even though it’s very possible to have a healthy relationship with porn and men have indeed had healthy relationships with porn throughout recorded history.