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Re:Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016) by ksec on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:58AM (#24261884)
>If you look at the statistics for first marriages the picture is less depressing

Sort of depending on where you are in the world. Statistics for First Marriages is still quite depressing in many developed places, especially in cities.

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Re:Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016) by R0b0t1 on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:56PM (#24262588)
I think the failure rates of marriages are more related to the strong economic incentives to marry when it is not "the right time." You forgo a lot of disposable income by staying single and this can be the main drive to get married.

And then on the other hand, rearing a child seems to have become more expensive as a percentage of worker output than it used to be as that output is extracted by things like rent.

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