BOSTON.COM — June 4 — They’re having babies alone, vacationing alone, buying homes alone. And they couldn’t be happier, especially in Boston, where record numbers of single people are finding that parties of one are worth toasting. THEY HAVE NAMES FOR THEMSELVES NOW: Quirkyalone, Modern Spinsters, Marriagefree, Spinsterellas and Perkytogethers. More than ever before, men and women are living single well into their 30s, 40s, and beyond. As early as 2008, a majority of US households will be headed by an unmarried person – already so in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and 15 other states. People continue to marry later in life, and some are opting out altogether, posing Couplists a question of their own: "Why bother?" In 1970, only 7.8% of Americans 30-34 had never married. By 2003, 28%. What will happen if the tyranny of coupledom finally tumbles? FULL ARTICLE @ BOSTON.COM
Mark Brooks: Good question. What will happen if single living takes over coupledom? Your comments please…
“What will happen if single living takes over coupledom?”
I think that tendency could be reverted.
Wait until new online dating sites offering more power_calculation and better personality_matching_methods appear!
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
For those who wish to find prolonged relationships, dating sites will continue to improve their services and deliver results.
For those who do not, nothing will persuade them otherwise…until they are good and ready at least. People will take longer to be good and ready.
Mass media will drive the trend towards singledom. Single living is cool. (It’s also good for business, single people spend more).
“What will happen if single living takes over coupledom?”
Mr. Brooks:
Will be interesting if you can interview Dr. Philip Morgan (Duke University sociology professor, who helped prepare that survey and cited in the Boston.com article)
http://www.soc.duke.edu/~pmorgan/pmorg.html
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com