A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married

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Not surprised

I’m 41 and even though I’m engaged and majority of my boys are married, I come across a ton of unmarried generation x and millennials…

Too many of them still living in fantasy delusional land and thinking the perfect person is on the way to their place
Ehhh no too sure about the whole fantasy thing..

I think once folk get to a certain age their just too set in their ways so don't really wanna bother getting married. Long term relationships at that point sure
 

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I was about to say almost everybody I know that's around my age is married, but then I thought about it.

All these brehs and brehettes are just shacking. Been together since bolts and screws was making bicycles move but never got married
 

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:mjlol: The west doesn't believe in God?

More specifically the Anglosphere.

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Purely anecdotal and on social media, but I see comments from people choosing not to marry or have children bc:

They have a lot of student loan debt.

High debt in general and living paycheck to paycheck.

Can’t afford a house.

Worried about what kind of future their potential kids will inherent (to them it doesn’t look too good: climate change and all that).

Childless people hear their friends struggle with high day-care costs and sometimes I read tweets where people think America doesn’t seem stable enough to have a family. 🤷🏾‍♀️.

Probably not the answer but may be contributing factors. Im curious to see what this country looks like in the next 10 years and how all these numbers will change.
 

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Tbh Marriage is a big factor that can potentially save the black community. But we all know how that conversation will go.
 
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