Be honest: Would you be sad if your kids decide to forgo marriage/parenthood?

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@Twoin18

And yet in the past those who didn’t possess wealth still got married. Do you think the poor have a vaster number of issues affecting them than they did 50 or 100 years ago? Isn’t the main difference that societal attitudes have changed? Many of those changes have created new opportunities and made many people’s lives better, but it’s hard to argue that they haven’t also affected attitudes to marriage.

*Note: I’ve highlighted the question I’m answering.

@Twoin18 First, you asked me what I think. I think “the poor” have a lot of issues…always have, unfortunately always will. In some cases there are more issues than 50-100 yrs ago. In some cases perhaps not. It’s not a competition as to who has/had it worse. We could expend a lot of energy nitpicking different scenarios…a waste of time imo.

I believe seeking solutions to poverty issues…from helping those in unfortunate circumstances to helping people from falling into poverty…is a better endeavor. However I do acknowledge that is a very difficult task and requires resources. Most would agree that there isn’t a simple formula.

Lastly since you asked, comparisons between 50-100 yrs ago and today is a bit of folly imo. There have been huge changes in employment, technology, transportation and a whole host of other things. One of which, that shouldn’t be ignored, is people are living much longer. I believe in the United States the average life expectancy in 1925 was 58 years!