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I think there is a lot of societal pressure to get married/be in a relationship. As such, I think it would be pretty hard to claim that the benefits of marriage
by xracy 4y ago
I think there is a lot of societal pressure to get married/be in a relationship. As such, I think it would be pretty hard to claim that the benefits of marriage are separate from the benefits of not fighting societal pressures in your day-to-day.
Or if you could prove that, I think it would be an interesting study.
- xyzelement 4y agoThat doesn't make sense. As a male new yorker I faced zero societal pressure to do basically anything traditional. I am happy as a married dude because my life has infinite more meaning and impact when I am being a husband and a father, versus whatever I was up to before.
- MiguelX413 4y agoI may not necessarily agree with it either, but it makes perfect sense and your evidence is completely anecdotal.
- xracy 4y agoI would argue his evidence isn't even evidence against my point. Since he probably doesn't realize the societal pressures that got him into being married. :) But it's also definitely anecdotal. My counter-evidence is somewhat anecdotally motivated, but I've definitely lived in all kinds of places where there's strong societal incentives to get married (for one thing, at a baseline, taxes).