43% of adults in the US live are single.

What I see is an epidemic of loneliness.

We live in a country where people cry over the potential loss of TikTok. We are not prepared for mature issues. Look what wearing a mask did to us. Flakes.

I wonder how so many can afford the price tag of living alone, as well as my original statement.
 

This is sad, really.

I think there are multiple factors at play, but one that I believe is crucial is the abandonment of marriage as a covenant, specifically a covenant before God. I would guess the vast majority of marriages have difficulties. Occasionally you hear of a couple that never uttered a harsh word at each other. My marriage is certainly not one of those! But when all else seems futile, I fall back on that covenant. And part of that covenant is being faithful and not having extra marital affairs as even Jesus himself stated that adultery is a valid reason for release from that covenant in His sermon on the mount.

I would be quite lonely without my wife.
 
Michael Z said:
This is sad, really.
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I so disagree with that statement. A person has free choice to live how they chose, married or single. I encouraged both my kids to learn to live on their own so they will never be financially or emotionally dependant on others. Many many people are living in daily misery because they are afraid to be on their own, that's what makes me sad.

I love the idea of a unified couple walking thru life together, but that doesn't mean it's a better life than living single.
 
The part I miss most since my wife passed away is sharing our experiences, joys, and fears. Right or wrong, if I get nothing from traveling hundreds of miles to see some beautiful attraction and have no one to share it with, I don't enjoy it alone, so I don't go.
 
C50 said:
I so disagree with that statement. A person has free choice to live how they chose, married or single. I encouraged both my kids to learn to live on their own so they will never be financially or emotionally dependant on others. Many many people are living in daily misery because they are afraid to be on their own, that's what makes me sad.

I love the idea of a unified couple walking thru life together, but that doesn't mean it's a better life than living single.
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Ditto here with my kids. Encouraged them to be stand alone, independent first, before serious committed relationships. Then look for love and life time partner.

As I was being abused at home from 9-17, I finally ended up running away from home when I was 17 five months before I was to graduate from high school. The son of my parent's best friends was the first person I ever told about the abuse at home. He was 24 and totally blown away. He said: "You can't go back there...I will marry you first before that will happen to you again".

Sounded great to me. We were married 3 days later. Minimum wage back then was $1.60 and hour. I'd have starved on the streets without a college education or at least a really good job. Marriage was a must, not a choice.

Prior to 1970 women didn't have much back up or support from anyone to stand on their own two feet. I didn't.
 
Twostep said:
Marriage as a mandatory institution is almost gone. Most countries consider cohabitation equal as far as taxes and employer benefits are concerned. Even USCIS accepts it on specific visas.
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In ancient Egypt, they didn't have a marriage ceremony, if you wanted to be with someone, you moved in. And if you no longer wanted to live with that person, you moved out. In that case, there was a standard ratio of assets- the man got 66%- the female got 33%, and also kept what she came with.
 
Michael Z said:
This is sad, really.

I think there are multiple factors at play, but one that I believe is crucial is the abandonment of marriage as a covenant, specifically a covenant before God. I would guess the vast majority of marriages have difficulties. Occasionally you hear of a couple that never uttered a harsh word at each other. My marriage is certainly not one of those! But when all else seems futile, I fall back on that covenant. And part of that covenant is being faithful and not having extra marital affairs as even Jesus himself stated that adultery is a valid reason for release from that covenant in His sermon on the mount.

I would be quite lonely without my wife.
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Believe me, I am not mocking nor teasing, but where I lived previously, the vicar's wife came out with a classic. Actually it was her friend who stole the show with a brilliant punchline.
The vicar's wife was telling anyone who would listen that her husband went on and on about his faith and what the world was coming to. She said that he even quoted the bible when they were in bed, to which her friend replied: "Sermon on the mount."
 
May I am misreading the article? I believe this is marital status only. It doesn’t mean - not in a relationship (single AND alone). Thinking about my own cohort of men friends and acquaintances, ages 50-73: most are married, but one is married and lives alone, another is divorced but back together with the ex, and a couple more single but cohabiting. I only know two men who are single (divorced) and not in a relationship - I suspect level 1 autism (was Asperger’s) had a lot to do with those situations - but that is a whole other topic.

And there is myself - but I am choosing a single lifestyle. Forty-five years of marriage and relationships have worn me out on it. But, that is just me. No knock against the couplings that work.
 
And yet politicians and laws ignore the rights of single people because it is not a recognized group with no organization. Anyway legally and socially single are different things. I am both
Tax laws don't favor American singles
 

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