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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 05:47 PM Original message |
Marriage rates are declining among lower-income men and women |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. My neighbors just got married after living together for 18 years |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Depends on which part of the country you are in, etc. Around the military |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I do think it's good to have discussions about this, the pros versus cons of |
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ramona come closer (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Well if the Church allowed them to get married |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommend |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. i think people don't feel the need to get married. they can just move in together and live together |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. If only people would slow down on the having children part. nt |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My husband and I lived together for 3 years |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think what I am trying to say |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Oh, of course. I just found it an interesting article. I've had kind of a sheltered |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Sounds wonderful to be straight. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. My SIL and her spouse married last year, which I was so happy about! I'm hoping soon |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If only we could get the oil companies to want it. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Sure seems like it, LOL. n/t |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. +1 |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, that too |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I bet your parents are loving that decision now. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. My parents are long dead |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. ^this^ |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Recommend!!! n/t |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's really a very simple explanation |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. So it's kind of like the old people just living together and not marrying, so they |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. "It takes a village to raise a child" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Also, the $75.00 for a marriage license is better spent on food, rent, gas when you're poor |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Yeah, but some states are absolutely ridiculous about programs like Medicaid. |
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name removved (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. But I think that isn't so much marriage vs. not getting married |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. I hope that the birth rates go |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Have you seen the insanely high cost of weddings lately? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You can get married pretty cheap. I got married with a Justice of the Peace... |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Ditto. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That sounds like fun! And hey I know what your name means! :) n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yeah, the overspending trend on weddings is insane. nt |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Well, it's fine for those who can afford it. I just mean, it shouldn't be a reason |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. you don't *have* to do it that way, though. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. weddings are expensive. |
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