South Korea: The only middle power of its kind

Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by 3pt14159 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @10:40AM (#28049768)

This is actually part of what I'm talking about. The sweet high-paying tech jobs went to a group of people that can comfortably afford to live without marrying off. They date around because they can. I know, because I got that sweet job in 2008 just at the start of the tech wave and I dated around quite a bit and the pressure to get married for financial reasons wasn't there and the social pressure to get married for its own sake wasn't either. This isn't how it looked like in the 1950s or earlier. Most people didn't date 100 different women or wait until they were 35 to start a home with someone. It's partially financial and partially societal.

At the other end of the spectrum the increasing gap between rich and poor pushed a lot of men completely out of the dating pool because they can no longer afford basic housing for themselves, so even if they would be willing to commit they don't have options.

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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by closeparen on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @02:45PM (#28052658)

There is a middle way here, which is to partner and commit early, but take some time to enjoy being young adults together before you become chained to a childcare routine. I have a sense that this leads to a more stable family in the long run, and it's what my own parents did.

It is pretty hard to find though. It seems people want either hot casual sex or a house in the suburbs within 6 months, not much in between.

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Re:South Korea: The only middle power of its kind by refurb on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:03AM (#28050037)

This doesn’t jive with the idea that high paying, lower skilled jobs were plentiful in the 50’s and you only needed one income for a family let alone a single person.

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