Supplementary factor: growing up hearing that 50% of marriages will fail and then seeing what a bad divorce does to everyone involved.
As a man, I've heard enough horror stories to never want to marry.
As a man, I've heard enough horror stories to never want to marry.
Watching my parents' resentment towards each other gradually build up over the years, eventually resulting in a messy divorce, is definitely not an experience I'd want to put any kid through, much less my own.
Even the thought of ending up in a marriage like that terrifies me to no end, to the point that I'd much rather to just never marry and never have kids than to risk following my parents' footsteps.
Luckily enough, I have a great job, and some great friends to keep me company when I need it, so I'm certainly in no rush to take a gamble with the rest of my life any time soon.
I am not saying its wrong, just saying a marriage like that does not seem really difficult to last 15 years.
[1] https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/life-table...
>the attack on marriage was successful I suppose.
I propose that things like marriage cannot be attacked; marriage is a choice between people. It is a covenant, and its meaning is unique between any couple. The children of boomers aren't reacting to someone slandering the idea of such a covenant, we're reacting to seeing what our parents did with such covenants. Caution is merited.
[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/23/144-y...